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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0549-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html

Issue date: 2008-07-02

CVE Names: CVE-2008-2798 CVE-2008-2799 CVE-2008-2800

CVE-2008-2801 CVE-2008-2802 CVE-2008-2803

CVE-2008-2805 CVE-2008-2807 CVE-2008-2808

CVE-2008-2809 CVE-2008-2810 CVE-2008-2811

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1. Summary:

 

An updated firefox package that fixes several security issues is now

available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

 

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red

Hat Security Response Team.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

 

Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed JavaScript

content. A web page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox

to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running

Firefox. (CVE-2008-2801, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803)

 

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web

page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,

potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.

(CVE-2008-2798, CVE-2008-2799, CVE-2008-2811)

 

Several flaws were found in the way malformed web content was displayed. A

web page containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a

Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-2800)

 

Two local file disclosure flaws were found in Firefox. A web page

containing malicious content could cause Firefox to reveal the contents of

a local file to a remote attacker. (CVE-2008-2805, CVE-2008-2810)

 

A flaw was found in the way a malformed .properties file was processed by

Firefox. A malicious extension could read uninitialized memory, possibly

leaking sensitive data to the extension. (CVE-2008-2807)

 

A flaw was found in the way Firefox escaped a listing of local file names.

If a user could be tricked into listing a local directory containing

malicious file names, arbitrary JavaScript could be run with the

permissions of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-2808)

 

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed information about self-signed

certificates. It was possible for a self-signed certificate to contain

multiple alternate name entries, which were not all displayed to the user,

allowing them to mistakenly extend trust to an unknown site.

(CVE-2008-2809)

 

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which

contains backported patches that correct these issues.

 

4. 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/FAQ_58_10188

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

452597 - CVE-2008-2798 Firefox malformed web content flaws

452598 - CVE-2008-2799 Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution

452599 - CVE-2008-2800 Firefox XSS attacks

452600 - CVE-2008-2802 Firefox arbitrary JavaScript code execution

452602 - CVE-2008-2803 Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution

452604 - CVE-2008-2805 Firefox arbitrary file disclosure

452605 - CVE-2008-2801 Firefox arbitrary signed JAR code execution

452709 - CVE-2008-2807 Firefox .properties memory leak

452710 - CVE-2008-2808 Firefox file location escaping flaw

452711 - CVE-2008-2809 Firefox self signed certificate flaw

452712 - CVE-2008-2810 Firefox arbitrary file disclosure

453007 - CVE-2008-2811 Firefox block reflow flaw

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ia64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ia64.rpm

 

ppc:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ppc.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ppc.rpm

 

s390:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.s390.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.s390.rpm

 

s390x:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.s390x.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ia64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ia64.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ia64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.ia64.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.19.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2798

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2799

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2800

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2801

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2802

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2803

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2805

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2807

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2808

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2809

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2810

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2811

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.

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