Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20071082
Revision Date:2007-11-26Version:638
Title:RHSA-2007:1082: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.

  • A cross-site scripting flaw was found in the way Firefox handled the jar: URI scheme. It was possible for a malicious website to leverage this flaw and conduct a cross-site scripting attack against a user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-5947)

  • Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed web content. A webpage containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-5959)

  • A race condition existed when Firefox set the "window.location" property for a webpage. This flaw could allow a webpage to set an arbitrary Referer header, which may lead to a Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack against websites that rely only on the Referer header for protection. (CVE-2007-5960)

    Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2007-5947
    CVE-2007-5959
    CVE-2007-5960
    RHSA-2007:1082
    RHSA-2007:1082-01
    RHSA-2007:1082-01
    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 0:1.5.0.12-0.8.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 0:1.5.0.12-7.el5
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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