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Red Hat: RHSA-2012:1407-01 Critical: Firefox Security Update Issues

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu has issued essential Chromium security patches for 18.04 and 20.04. Update today to address multiple security flaws.
Updated firefox packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.
Multiple flaws were found in the location object implementation in Firefox. Malicious content could be used to perform cross-site scripting attacks, bypass the same-origin policy, or cause Firefox to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-4194, CVE-2012-4195, CVE-2012-4196)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 10.0.10 ESR. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Mariusz Mlynski, moz_bug_r_a4, and Antoine Delignat-Lavaud as the original reporters of these issues.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 10.0.10 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4194 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4195 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4196 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: firefox-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: firefox-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-10.0.10-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-10.0.10-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.10-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: firefox-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm xulrunner-devel-10.0.10-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
ia64: firefox-10.0.10-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm xulrunner-10.0.10-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.10-1.el5_8.ia64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1407-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1407.html
Issue date: 2012-10-26

Topic

Updated firefox packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux firefox web browser

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

869893 - CVE-2012-4194 CVE-2012-4195 CVE-2012-4196 Mozilla: Fixes for Location object issues (MFSA 2012-90)

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