Issued:
2009-03-27
Updated:
2009-03-27

RHSA-2009:0397 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

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.

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.

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

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 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 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 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 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • 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 5.3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 492211 - CVE-2009-1169 Firefox XSLT memory corruption issue
  • BZ - 492212 - CVE-2009-1044 Firefox XUL garbage collection issue (cansecwest pwn2own)

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
s390
firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 5a8827a908eb682900874c290192bf22ec6ef40913bffcc75343332bcaf7c0ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
s390
firefox-3.0.7-3.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 5a8827a908eb682900874c290192bf22ec6ef40913bffcc75343332bcaf7c0ab

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.