Synopsis
Critical: seamonkey security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Critical
Topic
Updated seamonkey packages that fix two security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4.
This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
Description
SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC
chat client, and HTML editor.
A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the way SeaMonkey handles XML
files containing an XSLT transform. A remote attacker could use this flaw
to crash SeaMonkey or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user
running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-1169)
A flaw was discovered in the way SeaMonkey handles certain XUL garbage
collection events. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash SeaMonkey
or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running SeaMonkey.
(CVE-2009-1044)
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct
these issues. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for
the changes to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 492211 - CVE-2009-1169 Firefox XSLT memory corruption issue
- BZ - 492212 - CVE-2009-1044 Firefox XUL garbage collection issue (cansecwest pwn2own)
CVEs
References
Vulmon