Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070979
Revision Date:2008-03-20Version:634
Title:RHSA-2007:0979: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

  • Several flaws were found in the way in which Firefox processed certain malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-5338, CVE-2007-5339, CVE-2007-5340)

  • Several flaws were found in the way in which Firefox displayed malformed web content. A web page containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2007-1095, CVE-2007-3844, CVE-2007-3511, CVE-2007-5334)

  • A flaw was found in the Firefox sftp protocol handler. A malicious web page could access data from a remote sftp site, possibly stealing sensitive user data. (CVE-2007-5337)

  • A request-splitting flaw was found in the way in which Firefox generates a digest authentication request. If a user opened a specially-crafted URL, it was possible to perform cross-site scripting attacks, web cache poisoning, or other, similar exploits. (CVE-2007-2292)

    All users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that correct these issues.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2007-1095
    CVE-2007-2292
    CVE-2007-3511
    CVE-2007-3844
    CVE-2007-5334
    CVE-2007-5337
    CVE-2007-5338
    CVE-2007-5339
    CVE-2007-5340
    RHSA-2007:0979
    RHSA-2007:0979-02
    RHSA-2007:0979-02
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-0.7.el4
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-6.el5
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • Definition Synopsis
  • Release Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
  • AND firefox is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-0.7.el4
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat master key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • firefox is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-6.el5
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
  • firefox-devel is earlier than 0:1.5.0.12-6.el5
  • AND firefox-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
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