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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0782-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0782.html
Issue date: 2010-10-19
CVE Names: CVE-2010-3170 CVE-2010-3173 CVE-2010-3175
CVE-2010-3176 CVE-2010-3177 CVE-2010-3178
CVE-2010-3179 CVE-2010-3180 CVE-2010-3182
CVE-2010-3183
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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.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.
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. Network Security Services (NSS) is
a set of libraries designed to support the development of security-enabled
client and server applications.
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-2010-3175, CVE-2010-3176, CVE-2010-3179, CVE-2010-3183,
CVE-2010-3180)
A flaw was found in the way the Gopher parser in Firefox converted text
into HTML. A malformed file name on a Gopher server could, when accessed by
a victim running Firefox, allow arbitrary JavaScript to be executed in the
context of the Gopher domain. (CVE-2010-3177)
A same-origin policy bypass flaw was found in Firefox. An attacker could
create a malicious web page that, when viewed by a victim, could steal
private data from a different website the victim has loaded with Firefox.
(CVE-2010-3178)
A flaw was found in the script that launches Firefox. The LD_LIBRARY_PATH
variable was appending a "." character, which could allow a local attacker
to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a different user running
Firefox, if that user ran Firefox from within an attacker-controlled
directory. (CVE-2010-3182)
This update also provides NSS version 3.12.8 which is required by the
updated Firefox version, fixing the following security issues:
It was found that the SSL DHE (Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral) mode
implementation for key exchanges in Firefox accepted DHE keys that were 256
bits in length. This update removes support for 256 bit DHE keys, as such
keys are easily broken using modern hardware. (CVE-2010-3173)
A flaw was found in the way NSS matched SSL certificates when the
certificates had a Common Name containing a wildcard and a partial IP
address. NSS incorrectly accepted connections to IP addresses that fell
within the SSL certificate's wildcard range as valid SSL connections,
possibly allowing an attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.
(CVE-2010-3170)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Firefox 3.6.11. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Firefox version 3.6.11, 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 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
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
630047 - CVE-2010-3170 firefox/nss: Doesn't handle wildcards in Common Name properly
642272 - CVE-2010-3176 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards
642275 - CVE-2010-3175 Mozilla miscellaneous memory safety hazards
642277 - CVE-2010-3179 Mozilla buffer overflow and memory corruption using document.write
642283 - CVE-2010-3180 Mozilla use-after-free error in nsBarProp
642286 - CVE-2010-3183 Mozilla dangling pointer vulnerability in LookupGetterOrSetter
642290 - CVE-2010-3177 Mozilla XSS in gopher parser when parsing hrefs
642294 - CVE-2010-3178 Mozilla cross-site information disclosure via modal calls
642300 - CVE-2010-3182 Mozilla unsafe library loading flaw
642302 - CVE-2010-3173 Mozilla insecure Diffie-Hellman key exchange
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.12.8-1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.ppc.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.ppc.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.ppc64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.ppc.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.ppc64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.ppc.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.s390.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.s390.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.s390.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.s390.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.s390x.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.s390.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.s390x.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.s390.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.s390x.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.s390x.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.12.8-1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.12.8-1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.12.8-1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.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-3.6.11-2.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.12.8-1.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.12.8-1.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.src.rpm
i386:
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/nss-3.12.8-1.el5.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.ia64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ia64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ppc.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.s390.rpm
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.s390.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.s390.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.s390.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.s390.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.s390x.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.s390x.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.s390.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-debuginfo-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.i386.rpm
nss-pkcs11-devel-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
nss-tools-3.12.8-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.2.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-debuginfo-1.9.2.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.11-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3170.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3173.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3175.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3176.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3177.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3178.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3179.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3180.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3182.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3183.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.11/releasenotes/
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.11
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
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