Issued:
2008-07-16
Updated:
2008-07-16

RHSA-2008:0598 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

An updated firefox package that fixes various 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.

Description

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain web
content. A malicious web site could cause Firefox to crash, or execute
arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-2785)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain command line URLs. If
another application passed Firefox a malformed URL, it could result in
Firefox executing local malicious content with chrome privileges.
(CVE-2008-2933)

All firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains
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 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 452204 - CVE-2008-2785 mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
  • BZ - 454697 - CVE-2008-2933 Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
s390
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: ab6058da316e39fc7a42e514e2078d8db710e624b535d9fdb561c43902c036f7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
s390
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: ab6058da316e39fc7a42e514e2078d8db710e624b535d9fdb561c43902c036f7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
s390
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: ab6058da316e39fc7a42e514e2078d8db710e624b535d9fdb561c43902c036f7

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