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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,
soeben erreichte uns nachfolgendes RedHat Security Advisory. Wir geben
diese Informationen unveraendert an Sie weiter.
CVE-2010-3765 / Mozilla Bugzilla ID 607222 – Heap Overflow in Mozilla
Firefox
In Mozilla Firefox werden die Eigenschaften von Document Object Model
(DOM) Elementen nicht sicher behandelt. Zwischen den Funktionen
document.write() und appendChild() kann eine Race-Condition auftreten,
die zu einem Buffer Overflow im Heap-Speicher fuehrt. Ein entfernter
Angreifer kann diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, um mit Hilfe einer
manipulierten Webseite beliebige Befehle mit den Rechten des Anwenders
zur Ausfuehrung zu bringen. Bitte beachten Sie, dass diese Schwachstelle
bereits aktiv ausgenutzt wird.
Betroffen sind die folgenden Software Pakete und Plattformen:
Paket firefox
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
Vom Hersteller werden ueberarbeitete Pakete zur Verfuegung gestellt.
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gestattet.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0808-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0808.html
Issue date: 2010-10-27
CVE Names: CVE-2010-3765
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1. Summary:
An updated firefox package that fixes one security issue is now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. 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
3. Description:
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.
A race condition flaw was found in the way Firefox handled Document Object
Model (DOM) element properties. A web page containing malicious content
could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-3765)
For technical details regarding this flaw, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Firefox 3.6.12. You can find a link to the Mozilla
advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Firefox users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update,
Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
4. 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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
646997 – CVE-2010-3765 Firefox race condition flaw (MFSA 2010-73)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ppc.rpm
s390:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390.rpm
s390x:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-3.6.11-4.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-3.6.11-4.el4_8.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
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3765.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.12
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
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