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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0222-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0222.html
Issue date: 2008-04-16
CVE Names: CVE-2008-1380
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1. Summary:
Updated firefox packages that fix a security bug 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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
A flaw was found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. A web
page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-1380)
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches that correct these issues.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
440518 - CVE-2008-1380 Firefox JavaScript garbage collection crash
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.15.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.ia64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.ppc.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.ppc.rpm
s390x:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.s390.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.s390x.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.s390.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-15.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1380
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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