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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0598 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2008-07-16
Updated:
2008-07-16

RHSA-2008:0598 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Critical: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 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

  • CVE-2008-2785
  • CVE-2008-2933

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
x86_64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
ia64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f1e898292df009ffef24d31a4ce7bd855ce0d90501deca6b51533ffa36be6b89
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f1e898292df009ffef24d31a4ce7bd855ce0d90501deca6b51533ffa36be6b89
i386
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
x86_64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
ia64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f1e898292df009ffef24d31a4ce7bd855ce0d90501deca6b51533ffa36be6b89
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f1e898292df009ffef24d31a4ce7bd855ce0d90501deca6b51533ffa36be6b89
i386
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
x86_64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
ia64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f1e898292df009ffef24d31a4ce7bd855ce0d90501deca6b51533ffa36be6b89
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f1e898292df009ffef24d31a4ce7bd855ce0d90501deca6b51533ffa36be6b89
i386
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
x86_64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
ia64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f1e898292df009ffef24d31a4ce7bd855ce0d90501deca6b51533ffa36be6b89
i386
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
x86_64
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99991673ef61d95eca8537cf88b84115dbef5ec1c9a31a298739c0bfd008805e
i386
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2fcb5ce90d4c82b8bfb1a979c97d33fab75aeed650827e32e358ca2ab147f0d0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
s390x
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 75e8c9be4acf80ef3071b9d803a0f2615b0d32f30644b2912f396772a12f67fc
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
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
s390x
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 75e8c9be4acf80ef3071b9d803a0f2615b0d32f30644b2912f396772a12f67fc
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
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
s390x
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 75e8c9be4acf80ef3071b9d803a0f2615b0d32f30644b2912f396772a12f67fc
s390
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: ab6058da316e39fc7a42e514e2078d8db710e624b535d9fdb561c43902c036f7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
ppc
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 329f247e947939c4db8b489d3582d49ac0d684fc61d95b7c79f85154fdc7a291

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
ppc
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 329f247e947939c4db8b489d3582d49ac0d684fc61d95b7c79f85154fdc7a291

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7f2b5835e08f386cd0e80cc1fe0deae07effe164ad71d2854643f812c84f9715
ppc
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.21.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 329f247e947939c4db8b489d3582d49ac0d684fc61d95b7c79f85154fdc7a291

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