news 28 Posted March 27, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0397-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0397.html Issue date: 2009-03-27 CVE Names: CVE-2009-1044 CVE-2009-1169 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated firefox packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, 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. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles XML files containing an XSLT transform. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1169) A flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles certain XUL garbage collection events. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1044) For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata. Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, they contain backported patches to the firefox package. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, they contain backported patches to the xulrunner packages. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. 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/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 492211 - CVE-2009-1169 Firefox XSLT memory corruption issue 492212 - CVE-2009-1044 Firefox XUL garbage collection issue (cansecwest pwn2own) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.src.rpm i386: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm ia64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ppc.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ppc.rpm s390: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.s390.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.s390.rpm s390x: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.src.rpm i386: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.src.rpm i386: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm ia64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.src.rpm i386: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.i386.rpm ia64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-3.0.7-3.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.src.rpm i386: xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.src.rpm i386: xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm x86_64: xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.src.rpm i386: xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm ia64: xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ia64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ia64.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ia64.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ia64.rpm ppc: xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ppc.rpm xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ppc64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ppc.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ppc64.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ppc.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ppc64.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-3.el5.ppc.rpm s390x: xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.s390.rpm xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.s390x.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.s390.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.s390x.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.s390.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.s390x.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-3.el5.s390x.rpm x86_64: xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.7-3.el5.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.7-3.el5.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-2009-1044 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1169 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.8 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJzWMFXlSAg2UNWIIRAkRnAKCgDGbeypbrcwRS8mMYNE6vyHI1wgCgqy+W 0Ggdqk6FG/CXMksWHLRTlqU= =1vxs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post