__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Firefox Security Update [Red Hat RHSA-2008:0207-6] March 27, 2008 19:00 GMT Number S-246 [REVISED 2 Apr 2008] [REVISED 3 Apr 2008] [REVISED 10 APr 2008] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Several flaws were found in the processing of some malformed web content. PLATFORM: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable) DAMAGE: Execute arbitrary code or DoS. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. A web page containing such malicious ASSESSMENT: content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbritary code as the user running Firefox. ______________________________________________________________________________ CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: 6.8 TEMPORAL SCORE: 5.3 VECTOR: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C) ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-246.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html ADDITIONAL LINKS: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532 http://www.debian.org/security/2008.dsa-1534 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html http://www.debian.org/security/2008.dsa-1535 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2008-1233 CVE-2008-1234 CVE-2008-1235 CVE-2008-1236 CVE-2008-1237 CVE-2008-1238 CVE-2008-1241 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 04/02/2008 - revised S-246 to add links to Debian Security Advisories DSA-1532-1 and DSA-1534-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable). 04/03/2008 - revised S-246 to add link to Red Hat RHSA-2008A:0209-3 for RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server), Red Hat Desktop (v. 4), Red Hat Enterprise Linus AS, ES, WS (v. 4), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v 5 client). 04/10/2008 - revised S-246 to add link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-1535-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable). [***** Start Red Hat RHSA-2008:0207-6 *****] Critical: firefox security update Advisory: RHSA-2008:0207-6 Type: Security Advisory Severity: Critical Issued on: 2008-03-26 Last updated on: 2008-03-26 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 Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) OVAL: com.redhat.rhsa-20080207.xml CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2008-1233 CVE-2008-1234 CVE-2008-1235 CVE-2008-1236 CVE-2008-1237 CVE-2008-1238 CVE-2008-1241 Details Updated firefox packages that fix several security bugs 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. Several flaws were found in the processing of some malformed web content. A web page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237) Several flaws were found in the display of malformed web content. A web page containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1241) All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct 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: firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm a95f6d3f7e0acf6fcf957a54528c1126 x86_64: firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm a95f6d3f7e0acf6fcf957a54528c1126 firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 31cbe9fa5c07a8e16778db8797be5acb Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm c13fe6b5677ce69df87aa2deb7b883b3 IA-32: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm c77531bb53ea25794efb59c63ea3a624 x86_64: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm f9db3b3ec287e6d453c0680fd32f7e49 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.src.rpm d4e5ee5927cdda3946f86c271e553573 IA-32: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm dac0ee575bae80ef7a2eb8182b8dd775 firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm a95f6d3f7e0acf6fcf957a54528c1126 IA-64: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ia64.rpm 1604dc54cf0df17d99e1077238a31650 firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ia64.rpm 7b82c474d70ad967e98a1f46a1bb5ff4 PPC: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ppc.rpm 34c9512d76a7efa3c5f3e83fda939b19 firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ppc.rpm e79dcf92ad0d1c2732349c1db53fca84 s390x: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390.rpm 3a43164c50f7f663c385acc20d59be59 firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390x.rpm 87320fe005d84b815e7edc2d0dc50d2b firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390.rpm c2c1437da2f8b72fc50fb2fd31e14550 firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390x.rpm 4984e20af19d80a179b10a324e46a3a9 x86_64: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm dac0ee575bae80ef7a2eb8182b8dd775 firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm a88ba1cd4581e597b4353a1a2c6f23c7 firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm a95f6d3f7e0acf6fcf957a54528c1126 firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm 31cbe9fa5c07a8e16778db8797be5acb Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm c13fe6b5677ce69df87aa2deb7b883b3 IA-32: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm c77531bb53ea25794efb59c63ea3a624 IA-64: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm 499fac7fa29234c86bfd74acc825a6a6 PPC: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ppc.rpm 5c5bb7739030eb31ecf38b3d7ac11380 s390: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.s390.rpm 6696453e42f4331ac76debf7196907a0 s390x: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.s390x.rpm afaff206d23898cac65d4d3310484eeb x86_64: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm f9db3b3ec287e6d453c0680fd32f7e49 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.src.rpm d4e5ee5927cdda3946f86c271e553573 IA-32: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm dac0ee575bae80ef7a2eb8182b8dd775 x86_64: firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm dac0ee575bae80ef7a2eb8182b8dd775 firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm a88ba1cd4581e597b4353a1a2c6f23c7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm c13fe6b5677ce69df87aa2deb7b883b3 IA-32: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm c77531bb53ea25794efb59c63ea3a624 IA-64: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm 499fac7fa29234c86bfd74acc825a6a6 x86_64: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm f9db3b3ec287e6d453c0680fd32f7e49 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm c13fe6b5677ce69df87aa2deb7b883b3 IA-32: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm c77531bb53ea25794efb59c63ea3a624 IA-64: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm 499fac7fa29234c86bfd74acc825a6a6 x86_64: firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm f9db3b3ec287e6d453c0680fd32f7e49 (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information) 438713 - CVE-2008-1233 Mozilla products XPCNativeWrapper pollution 438715 - CVE-2008-1234 universal XSS using event handlers 438717 - CVE-2008-1235 chrome privilege via wrong principal 438718 - CVE-2008-1236 browser engine crashes 438721 - CVE-2008-1237 javascript crashes 438724 - CVE-2008-1238 Referrer spoofing bug 438730 - CVE-2008-1241 XUL popup spoofing References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1233 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1234 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1235 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1236 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1237 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1238 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1241 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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