概要

Critical: firefox security update

タイプ/重大度

Security Advisory: Critical

トピック

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.

説明

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.

解決法

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

影響を受ける製品

• 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 4.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - 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

修正

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

CVE

• CVE-2010-3765

参考資料

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.12

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
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
s390
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 72d65bb00b29c6ee1050bbe578a726bd897077c5106faaad2b8e3b966602e088