RedHat: Critical: firefox security update RHSA-2006:0758-01
Summary
Summary
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processes certain malformed Javascript code. A malicious web page could cause the execution of Javascript code in such a way that could cause Firefox to crash or execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6504) Several flaws were found in the way Firefox renders web pages. A malicious web page could cause the browser to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-6497) Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain Firefox version 1.5.0.9 that corrects these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
219682 - CVE-2006-6497 Multiple Firefox issues (CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6504)
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
SRPMS:
d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
dfa5106fa6372a30e0f64718f71cf03d firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
725d7d961be76885f6bb7128302a95be firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
f221ad6749a595fcea26b8fc62ba1d41 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ppc.rpm
7c58f3d6140b2796784a0226bc78a61b firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
226743d08765bbc50be04ed340dbe426 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390.rpm
52aba5cdfd6b3db502137d9c985f8933 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
7bbc9e55e747edb910c55da28a369411 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390x.rpm
9cf48aa3b10d1fa60f1f43470af38d21 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
SRPMS:
d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
SRPMS:
d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
dfa5106fa6372a30e0f64718f71cf03d firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
725d7d961be76885f6bb7128302a95be firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
SRPMS:
d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm
i386:
bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
dfa5106fa6372a30e0f64718f71cf03d firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
725d7d961be76885f6bb7128302a95be firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6497 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6498 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6501 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6502 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6503 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6504 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Package List
Topic
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, 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
Bugs Fixed