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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1530-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1530.html
Issue date: 2009-10-27
CVE Names: CVE-2009-1563 CVE-2009-3274 CVE-2009-3370
CVE-2009-3372 CVE-2009-3373 CVE-2009-3374
CVE-2009-3375 CVE-2009-3376 CVE-2009-3380
CVE-2009-3382
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1. Summary:
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.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, 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
3. 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.
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/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
524815 - CVE-2009-3274 Firefox: Predictable /tmp pathname use
530151 - CVE-2009-3370 Firefox form history vulnerable to stealing
530155 - CVE-2009-3372 Firefox crash in proxy auto-configuration regexp parsing
530156 - CVE-2009-3373 Firefox heap buffer overflow in GIF color map parser
530157 - CVE-2009-3374 Firefox chrome privilege escalation in XPCVariant::VariantDataToJS()
530162 - CVE-2009-1563 Firefox heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion
530167 - CVE-2009-3375 Firefox cross-origin data theft through document.getSelection()
530168 - CVE-2009-3376 Firefox download filename spoofing with RTL override
530567 - CVE-2009-3380 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption
530569 - CVE-2009-3382 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.ia64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.ppc.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ppc.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ppc64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ppc.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ppc64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ppc.rpm
s390:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.s390.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390.rpm
s390x:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.s390x.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390x.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390x.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.ia64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.ia64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.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-3.0.15-3.el5_4.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.src.rpm
i386:
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.ia64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ia64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ia64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ppc.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ppc.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ppc.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.ppc.rpm
s390x:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.s390.rpm
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.s390x.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.s390.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.s390x.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.s390.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.s390x.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.s390.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.s390.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.s390.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.s390.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-debuginfo-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1563
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3274
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3370
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3372
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3373
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3374
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3375
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3376
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3380
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3382
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.15
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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