INFORMATION BULLETIN

S-246: Firefox Security Update

[Red Hat RHSA-2008:0207-6]

March 27, 2008 19:00 GMT
[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 ASSESSMENT:	The risk is MEDIUM. A web page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbritary code as the user running Firefox.

CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: TEMPORAL SCORE: VECTOR:	6.8 5.3 (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:	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).




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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

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