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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0808 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2010-10-27
Updated:
2010-10-27

RHSA-2010:0808 - 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 one security issue is now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

Description

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.

A race condition flaw was found in the way Firefox handled Document Object
Model (DOM) element properties. 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-2010-3765)

For technical details regarding this flaw, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Firefox 3.6.12. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section of this erratum.

All Firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update,
Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 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 4.8 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 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 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 646997 - CVE-2010-3765 Firefox race condition flaw (MFSA 2010-73)

CVEs

  • CVE-2010-3765

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
  • http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.12
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-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
x86_64
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c5feaf607e022510f936a581e8f392666bfa863d88d36ff481804a5393869bdd
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c5feaf607e022510f936a581e8f392666bfa863d88d36ff481804a5393869bdd
ia64
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 63cc30d2913d21e74869623b0bb969e45a5b9644d3f10c129e4d16eca4827556
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 63cc30d2913d21e74869623b0bb969e45a5b9644d3f10c129e4d16eca4827556
i386
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 651450710409222f136efd869fb890a57abca1a8d13a1cea859fcc6a004e9733
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 651450710409222f136efd869fb890a57abca1a8d13a1cea859fcc6a004e9733

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
x86_64
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c5feaf607e022510f936a581e8f392666bfa863d88d36ff481804a5393869bdd
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c5feaf607e022510f936a581e8f392666bfa863d88d36ff481804a5393869bdd
ia64
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 63cc30d2913d21e74869623b0bb969e45a5b9644d3f10c129e4d16eca4827556
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 63cc30d2913d21e74869623b0bb969e45a5b9644d3f10c129e4d16eca4827556
i386
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 651450710409222f136efd869fb890a57abca1a8d13a1cea859fcc6a004e9733
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 651450710409222f136efd869fb890a57abca1a8d13a1cea859fcc6a004e9733

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
x86_64
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c5feaf607e022510f936a581e8f392666bfa863d88d36ff481804a5393869bdd
ia64
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 63cc30d2913d21e74869623b0bb969e45a5b9644d3f10c129e4d16eca4827556
i386
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 651450710409222f136efd869fb890a57abca1a8d13a1cea859fcc6a004e9733

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
x86_64
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c5feaf607e022510f936a581e8f392666bfa863d88d36ff481804a5393869bdd
i386
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm SHA-256: 651450710409222f136efd869fb890a57abca1a8d13a1cea859fcc6a004e9733

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
s390x
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b71085c57141d10840c2872722a098b92c83ff081e9710915230ee81a54eb8f5
s390
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 72d65bb00b29c6ee1050bbe578a726bd897077c5106faaad2b8e3b966602e088

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
s390x
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b71085c57141d10840c2872722a098b92c83ff081e9710915230ee81a54eb8f5
s390
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390.rpm SHA-256: 72d65bb00b29c6ee1050bbe578a726bd897077c5106faaad2b8e3b966602e088

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
ppc
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 356ad6e7f0d79df6f678d3ec7f4b86a4aec202720ac0a3a150050ed9c19c3839

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm SHA-256: af9623e5232019966767653d749d47259d6edccd6128304dc0dbf87a45f4b363
ppc
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 356ad6e7f0d79df6f678d3ec7f4b86a4aec202720ac0a3a150050ed9c19c3839

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