[RHSA-2012:0142-01] Critical: firefox security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0142-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0142.html

Issue date: 2012-02-16

CVE Names: CVE-2011-3026

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1. Summary:

 

An updated firefox package that fixes one security issue is now available

for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical

security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in

the References section.

 

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.

 

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Firefox handled

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images. A web page containing a malicious

PNG image could cause Firefox to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary

code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2011-3026)

 

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

this issue. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the

changes to take effect.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to

use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

 

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

 

790737 - CVE-2011-3026 libpng: Heap-buffer-overflow in png_decompress_chunk

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.ia64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.ia64.rpm

 

ppc:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.ppc.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.ppc.rpm

 

s390:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.s390.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.s390.rpm

 

s390x:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.s390x.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.ia64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.ia64.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.src.rpm

 

i386:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.ia64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.el4.ia64.rpm

 

x86_64:

firefox-3.6.26-3.el4.x86_64.rpm

firefox-debuginfo-3.6.26-3.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://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-3026.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

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

 

Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.

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