Synopsis

Critical: firefox security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix several 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. nspr provides the Netscape
Portable Runtime (NSPR).

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles form history. A malicious web
page could steal saved form data by synthesizing input events, causing the
browser to auto-fill form fields (which could then be read by an attacker).
(CVE-2009-3370)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox creates temporary file names for
downloaded files. If a local attacker knows the name of a file Firefox is
going to download, they can replace the contents of that file with
arbitrary contents. (CVE-2009-3274)

A flaw was found in the Firefox Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file
processor. If Firefox loads a malicious PAC file, it could crash Firefox
or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3372)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Firefox GIF image
processor. A malicious GIF image could crash Firefox or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2009-3373)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Firefox string to
floating point conversion routines. A web page containing malicious
JavaScript could crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1563)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles text selection. A malicious
website may be able to read highlighted text in a different domain (e.g.
another website the user is viewing), bypassing the same-origin policy.
(CVE-2009-3375)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays a right-to-left override
character when downloading a file. In these cases, the name displayed in
the title bar differs from the name displayed in the dialog body. An
attacker could use this flaw to trick a user into downloading a file that
has a file name or extension that differs from what the user expected.
(CVE-2009-3376)

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 with the privileges of the user running
Firefox. (CVE-2009-3374, CVE-2009-3380, CVE-2009-3382)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Firefox 3.0.15. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section of this errata.

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Firefox version 3.0.15, which corrects these issues. 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 5.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 5.4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 524815 - CVE-2009-3274 Firefox: Predictable /tmp pathname use
• BZ - 530151 - CVE-2009-3370 Firefox form history vulnerable to stealing
• BZ - 530155 - CVE-2009-3372 Firefox crash in proxy auto-configuration regexp parsing
• BZ - 530156 - CVE-2009-3373 Firefox heap buffer overflow in GIF color map parser
• BZ - 530157 - CVE-2009-3374 Firefox chrome privilege escalation in XPCVariant::VariantDataToJS()
• BZ - 530162 - CVE-2009-1563 Firefox heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion
• BZ - 530167 - CVE-2009-3375 Firefox cross-origin data theft through document.getSelection()
• BZ - 530168 - CVE-2009-3376 Firefox download filename spoofing with RTL override
• BZ - 530567 - CVE-2009-3380 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption
• BZ - 530569 - CVE-2009-3382 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption

CVEs

• CVE-2009-1563
• CVE-2009-3380
• CVE-2009-3274
• CVE-2009-3382
• CVE-2009-3370
• CVE-2009-3373
• CVE-2009-3372
• CVE-2009-3375
• CVE-2009-3374
• CVE-2009-3376
• CVE-2009-0689
• CVE-2009-3384

References