Security Advisory Critical: firefox security update

Advisory: RHSA-2009:0449-1
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Critical
Issued on: 2009-04-27
Last updated on: 2009-04-27
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: com.redhat.rhsa-20090449.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2009-1313

Details

Updated firefox packages that fix one security issue 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.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL
Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

A flaw was found in the processing of malformed web content. A web
page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2009-1313)

For technical details regarding this flaw, refer to the Mozilla security
advisory for Firefox 3.0.10. 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 3.0.10, which corrects this issue. After installing the
update, Firefox must be restarted for the change to take effect.


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

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    fa42d927320244ad1d8e4e19e91bb080
 
IA-32:
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    128fa6f413401dd9228c774f2a03f484
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    20311a7b14dfb66bc51f06c47f55bc99
 
x86_64:
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    128fa6f413401dd9228c774f2a03f484
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    95929df500cdae0e52d55492d39b43af
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    d19ff6e0dbca4026b5cfa3092fc2b6c6
 
Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    59ad2567acae510a50f1364019dfa4bf
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    23ba7e410e73376f34ee61417f6c55e5
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    c21fdc1a150309780f9794735c59c379
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    0a91169a35271398f8e2bd67080d73c3
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    fa42d927320244ad1d8e4e19e91bb080
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    58a9d3b8e36af5b33ed3250ba4838cd9
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    f3bf58f456e99f7c6e509f7b37005d4b
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    128fa6f413401dd9228c774f2a03f484
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    20311a7b14dfb66bc51f06c47f55bc99
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    d840a223389daea3a1e2a91fcb25c507
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    7e59dceccf22fc781aa6f10ac82a8c44
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    9fac070d2212146489729dfbcd1e50c4
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    afc72b2e86643065f4a0833a97d7f9ba
 
PPC:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    5c7241a424177b00a827bc7ba616559e
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    45b105214660ea1beac90f7bcd901185
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    2847628d15632a215ed4353180ebafdf
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    51705123861b2da83125afbca3a21959
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    b9f990de6d8c72c827d7884c9cda22f6
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    489306219f1d670420e99573c0199fce
 
s390x:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    52492f291748e66dd9a685b9a68d19cd
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    73767123ba5a3f098e6b8cd53b9a113a
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    f73e1dbd184ad1fecfc8a80f5ce44a0c
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    9c70d3852ff0d7fda507763a32afad8f
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    adfff4f7044c58583fa70d5f8a3cec84
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    db7ac80db6aefa47ba1351970f01df8f
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    2b2a390bb149b5b10c4fa51be3f841cb
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    58a9d3b8e36af5b33ed3250ba4838cd9
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    12aa371fccd8451c975a0f6f99f6279c
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    f3bf58f456e99f7c6e509f7b37005d4b
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    d9eaed63e72bb018fbc792959b14d984
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    128fa6f413401dd9228c774f2a03f484
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    95929df500cdae0e52d55492d39b43af
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    d19ff6e0dbca4026b5cfa3092fc2b6c6
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    59ad2567acae510a50f1364019dfa4bf
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    23ba7e410e73376f34ee61417f6c55e5
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    040591069b44fcc3c58af06bedc6091f
 
PPC:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    bbf4efb93a950caa8065c2fa0db444c7
 
s390:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    4090c847f09107a5e35fc9947c1f792f
 
s390x:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    1f97fcc26e959bd5233ea9cadf299f1e
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    c21fdc1a150309780f9794735c59c379
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    59ad2567acae510a50f1364019dfa4bf
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm     23ba7e410e73376f34ee61417f6c55e5
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm     040591069b44fcc3c58af06bedc6091f
 
PPC:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ppc.rpm     bbf4efb93a950caa8065c2fa0db444c7
 
s390:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.s390.rpm     4090c847f09107a5e35fc9947c1f792f
 
s390x:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.s390x.rpm     1f97fcc26e959bd5233ea9cadf299f1e
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm     c21fdc1a150309780f9794735c59c379
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    0a91169a35271398f8e2bd67080d73c3
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    fa42d927320244ad1d8e4e19e91bb080
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    58a9d3b8e36af5b33ed3250ba4838cd9
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    f3bf58f456e99f7c6e509f7b37005d4b
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    58a9d3b8e36af5b33ed3250ba4838cd9
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    12aa371fccd8451c975a0f6f99f6279c
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    f3bf58f456e99f7c6e509f7b37005d4b
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    d9eaed63e72bb018fbc792959b14d984
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    59ad2567acae510a50f1364019dfa4bf
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    23ba7e410e73376f34ee61417f6c55e5
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    040591069b44fcc3c58af06bedc6091f
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    c21fdc1a150309780f9794735c59c379
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.7.z)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    59ad2567acae510a50f1364019dfa4bf
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm     23ba7e410e73376f34ee61417f6c55e5
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm     040591069b44fcc3c58af06bedc6091f
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm     c21fdc1a150309780f9794735c59c379
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3.z server)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    0a91169a35271398f8e2bd67080d73c3
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    fa42d927320244ad1d8e4e19e91bb080
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    58a9d3b8e36af5b33ed3250ba4838cd9
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    f3bf58f456e99f7c6e509f7b37005d4b
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    128fa6f413401dd9228c774f2a03f484
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    20311a7b14dfb66bc51f06c47f55bc99
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    d840a223389daea3a1e2a91fcb25c507
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    7e59dceccf22fc781aa6f10ac82a8c44
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    9fac070d2212146489729dfbcd1e50c4
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    afc72b2e86643065f4a0833a97d7f9ba
 
PPC:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    5c7241a424177b00a827bc7ba616559e
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    45b105214660ea1beac90f7bcd901185
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    2847628d15632a215ed4353180ebafdf
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    51705123861b2da83125afbca3a21959
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    b9f990de6d8c72c827d7884c9cda22f6
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    489306219f1d670420e99573c0199fce
 
s390x:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    52492f291748e66dd9a685b9a68d19cd
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    73767123ba5a3f098e6b8cd53b9a113a
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    f73e1dbd184ad1fecfc8a80f5ce44a0c
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    9c70d3852ff0d7fda507763a32afad8f
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    adfff4f7044c58583fa70d5f8a3cec84
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    db7ac80db6aefa47ba1351970f01df8f
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    2b2a390bb149b5b10c4fa51be3f841cb
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    58a9d3b8e36af5b33ed3250ba4838cd9
firefox-3.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    12aa371fccd8451c975a0f6f99f6279c
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    f3bf58f456e99f7c6e509f7b37005d4b
xulrunner-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    d9eaed63e72bb018fbc792959b14d984
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    128fa6f413401dd9228c774f2a03f484
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    95929df500cdae0e52d55492d39b43af
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1162
    d19ff6e0dbca4026b5cfa3092fc2b6c6
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    59ad2567acae510a50f1364019dfa4bf
 
IA-32:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    23ba7e410e73376f34ee61417f6c55e5
 
IA-64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    040591069b44fcc3c58af06bedc6091f
 
x86_64:
firefox-3.0.10-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2009:1530
    c21fdc1a150309780f9794735c59c379
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

497447 - CVE-2009-1313 Firefox crash in nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()


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