Critical: firefox security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2008:0597-9
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Critical
Issued on:	2008-07-16
Last updated on:	2008-07-16
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20080597.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2008-2785 CVE-2008-2933 CVE-2008-3198

Details

Updated firefox packages that fix various security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

[Updated 16th July 2008]
The nspluginwrapper package has been added to this advisory to satisfy a
missing package dependency issue.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain web
content. A malicious web site could cause Firefox to crash, or execute
arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-2785)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain command line URLs. If
another application passed Firefox a malformed URL, it could result in
Firefox executing local malicious content with chrome privileges.
(CVE-2008-2933)

All firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Firefox 3.0.1 that corrects these issues.

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

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`8341895c5f4b5d835469523b1d022190`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`32339ab093ae3cc9607dfd71ba7f5676`
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`1e7acc772b3679840d1ff65a9df95774`

x86_64:
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`8341895c5f4b5d835469523b1d022190`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.x86_64.rpm	`21309325743d1f6d5a879098b1328b67`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`32339ab093ae3cc9607dfd71ba7f5676`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`6b5a67b7a90414d9f50fbb20d78c7873`
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`ef0455b31e03c834a8dce7db165f0710`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.src.rpm	`ad54d46b35225217b7dc8b2b270cf298`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.src.rpm	`e638106d85ae46aae2fda1439d0b0c01`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.src.rpm	`7fceb1a268be45c1739ec30eb43ea008`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.src.rpm	`446b54673f516731144fe3430da79f4e`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.src.rpm	`311de224200117a7299b6de4df832039`

IA-32:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`d448392de5a0cc6a60d268e56b172ad5`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`8341895c5f4b5d835469523b1d022190`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`af1cfcce7b6c06a8e65f39d6da50ac5e`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.i386.rpm	`93520bf4b253e93a5cba84439b86790c`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`4cd72d7e25c3c590ee8f2f8fb47f4c15`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`32339ab093ae3cc9607dfd71ba7f5676`
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`1e7acc772b3679840d1ff65a9df95774`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.i386.rpm	`2f24ee9d495bbc732b9c3332948441c4`

IA-64:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.ia64.rpm	`d4a9607b1e0ae910b1c10e916bd0f2b7`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.ia64.rpm	`5ffde3a4ec383275b69815c3cdb35296`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.ia64.rpm	`6077115af78c1a91359d0becce5e82e6`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ia64.rpm	`88de56a59e58cc5921e7b54e0baf48e8`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ia64.rpm	`49c4ce4bba952e836f30e366b0661d98`
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ia64.rpm	`62238e2f86c284e0c2f04214c399f2d0`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.ia64.rpm	`8b2bb8cee8ae5ae5c2d14917c7bc592d`

PPC:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.ppc.rpm	`827cf0f05f84685cdf60742f841e6970`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.ppc.rpm	`bb7e515cefe3777cc6fab378f860d059`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.ppc.rpm	`c3a1d1e01edcbaf388800040120b6b87`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.ppc.rpm	`8f437b8f94d8ef0bac92285a6614daaa`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ppc.rpm	`93854c387e6c32bcf88bf02d368f6f16`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ppc64.rpm	`7015db661af393dc7b3d294179c67c2a`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ppc.rpm	`d1c53d79c3c17ae505301c24aed7c0ae`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ppc64.rpm	`b3f3e846d498054620e8e4a08629fba1`
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.ppc.rpm	`2fbbe84487b371e2df2aa0960a425643`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.ppc.rpm	`00bf8ad67175deb7e5f457fd2df3d63c`

s390x:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.s390.rpm	`59ff6d16f9c034b27236414067f775b8`
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.s390x.rpm	`7ba0e4f036eef3330ece2bb852678bef`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.s390.rpm	`be55fc2443ac49f24c4cf2f3f3fa616f`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.s390x.rpm	`87fcd935e6f4cf1483c2f93f10395978`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.s390.rpm	`b94598a35b53f58e9d9a5ae0cca9e7da`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.s390x.rpm	`f3f3174257c3e075a5a5c51cd4cf1c1f`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.s390.rpm	`1d683d3f1ae59c40758a985db016afc0`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.s390x.rpm	`8fd245d3386a855293b757d8320320c2`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.s390.rpm	`5f70cb0b0c1ce7fb18b02539ab019524`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.s390x.rpm	`ef3322b7626d38399a0040b5439d1545`
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.s390x.rpm	`557805c050cd05efdd75a1ab44b5ff8a`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.s390x.rpm	`c2e32a37879db5dee6e6b9057633c983`

x86_64:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`d448392de5a0cc6a60d268e56b172ad5`
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.x86_64.rpm	`8f1147398826704a9f3464947175bced`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`8341895c5f4b5d835469523b1d022190`
devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.x86_64.rpm	`21309325743d1f6d5a879098b1328b67`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`af1cfcce7b6c06a8e65f39d6da50ac5e`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`10a4ff0eb54131bc8c405edc1711bbd2`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.i386.rpm	`93520bf4b253e93a5cba84439b86790c`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.x86_64.rpm	`781c3699898acd4afceee1a972743a5e`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`4cd72d7e25c3c590ee8f2f8fb47f4c15`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`1d5b788c566446052c6f72de87ade3f1`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`32339ab093ae3cc9607dfd71ba7f5676`
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`6b5a67b7a90414d9f50fbb20d78c7873`
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`ef0455b31e03c834a8dce7db165f0710`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	`0e9abd7bc1f152adfa168135a411fd34`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.src.rpm	`ad54d46b35225217b7dc8b2b270cf298`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.src.rpm	`e638106d85ae46aae2fda1439d0b0c01`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.src.rpm	`7fceb1a268be45c1739ec30eb43ea008`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.src.rpm	`446b54673f516731144fe3430da79f4e`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.src.rpm	`311de224200117a7299b6de4df832039`

IA-32:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`d448392de5a0cc6a60d268e56b172ad5`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`af1cfcce7b6c06a8e65f39d6da50ac5e`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.i386.rpm	`93520bf4b253e93a5cba84439b86790c`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`4cd72d7e25c3c590ee8f2f8fb47f4c15`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.i386.rpm	`2f24ee9d495bbc732b9c3332948441c4`

x86_64:
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386.rpm	`d448392de5a0cc6a60d268e56b172ad5`
devhelp-0.12-18.el5.x86_64.rpm	`8f1147398826704a9f3464947175bced`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`af1cfcce7b6c06a8e65f39d6da50ac5e`
firefox-3.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`10a4ff0eb54131bc8c405edc1711bbd2`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.i386.rpm	`93520bf4b253e93a5cba84439b86790c`
nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.5-22.el5.x86_64.rpm	`781c3699898acd4afceee1a972743a5e`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.i386.rpm	`4cd72d7e25c3c590ee8f2f8fb47f4c15`
xulrunner-1.9.0.1-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	`1d5b788c566446052c6f72de87ade3f1`
yelp-2.16.0-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	`0e9abd7bc1f152adfa168135a411fd34`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

452204 - CVE-2008-2785 mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
454697 - CVE-2008-2933 Firefox command line URL launches multi-tabs

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2785
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2933
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3198
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

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