RHSA-2008:0569 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

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 these updated packages, which
contain backported patches that correct these issues.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 452597 - CVE-2008-2798 Firefox malformed web content flaws
• BZ - 452598 - CVE-2008-2799 Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution
• BZ - 452599 - CVE-2008-2800 Firefox XSS attacks
• BZ - 452600 - CVE-2008-2802 Firefox arbitrary JavaScript code execution
• BZ - 452602 - CVE-2008-2803 Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution
• BZ - 452604 - CVE-2008-2805 Firefox arbitrary file disclosure
• BZ - 452605 - CVE-2008-2801 Firefox arbitrary signed JAR code execution
• BZ - 452709 - CVE-2008-2807 Firefox .properties memory leak
• BZ - 452710 - CVE-2008-2808 Firefox file location escaping flaw
• BZ - 452711 - CVE-2008-2809 Firefox self signed certificate flaw
• BZ - 452712 - CVE-2008-2810 Firefox arbitrary file disclosure
• BZ - 453007 - CVE-2008-2811 Firefox block reflow flaw

CVEs

• CVE-2008-2808
• CVE-2008-2809
• CVE-2008-2799
• CVE-2008-2798
• CVE-2008-2810
• CVE-2008-2811
• CVE-2008-2803
• CVE-2008-2802
• CVE-2008-2801
• CVE-2008-2800
• CVE-2008-2807
• CVE-2008-2805

References

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