Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20090436
Revision Date:2009-04-22Version:642
Title:RHSA-2009:0436: firefox security update (Critical)
Description:Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

  • Several flaws were found in the processing of 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-2009-1302, CVE-2009-1303, CVE-2009-1304, CVE-2009-1305)

  • Several flaws were found in the way malformed web content was processed. A web page containing malicious content could execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the site, possibly presenting misleading data to a user, or stealing sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-0652, CVE-2009-1306, CVE-2009-1307, CVE-2009-1308, CVE-2009-1309, CVE-2009-1310, CVE-2009-1312)

  • A flaw was found in the way Firefox saved certain web pages to a local file. If a user saved the inner frame of a web page containing POST data, the POST data could be revealed to the inner frame, possibly surrendering sensitive information such as login credentials. (CVE-2009-1311)

    For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.9. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.

    All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.9, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2009-0652
    CVE-2009-1302
    CVE-2009-1303
    CVE-2009-1304
    CVE-2009-1305
    CVE-2009-1306
    CVE-2009-1307
    CVE-2009-1308
    CVE-2009-1309
    CVE-2009-1310
    CVE-2009-1311
    CVE-2009-1312
    RHSA-2009:0436
    RHSA-2009:0436-02
    RHSA-2009:0436-02
    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 0:3.0.9-1.el4
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • xulrunner is earlier than 0:1.9.0.9-1.el5
  • AND xulrunner is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • xulrunner-devel is earlier than 0:1.9.0.9-1.el5
  • AND xulrunner-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • xulrunner-devel-unstable is earlier than 0:1.9.0.9-1.el5
  • AND xulrunner-devel-unstable is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • firefox is earlier than 0:3.0.9-1.el5
  • AND firefox is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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