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Red Hat alert RHSA-2006:0758-01 (firefox)

From:  bugzilla@redhat.com
To:  enterprise-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject:  [RHSA-2006:0758-01] Critical: firefox security update
Date:  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:50:24 -0500

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0758-01 Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html Issue date: 2006-12-19 Updated on: 2006-12-19 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE Names: CVE-2006-6497 CVE-2006-6498 CVE-2006-6501 CVE-2006-6502 CVE-2006-6503 CVE-2006-6504 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary: Updated firefox packages that fix several security bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 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. Problem description: Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processes certain malformed Javascript code. A malicious web page could cause the execution of Javascript code in such a way that could cause Firefox to crash or execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6504) Several flaws were found in the way Firefox renders web pages. A malicious web page could cause the browser to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-6497) Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain Firefox version 1.5.0.9 that corrects these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 219682 - CVE-2006-6497 Multiple Firefox issues (CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6504) 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firef... d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm i386: bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm ia64: dfa5106fa6372a30e0f64718f71cf03d firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm 725d7d961be76885f6bb7128302a95be firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: f221ad6749a595fcea26b8fc62ba1d41 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ppc.rpm 7c58f3d6140b2796784a0226bc78a61b firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ppc.rpm s390: 226743d08765bbc50be04ed340dbe426 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390.rpm 52aba5cdfd6b3db502137d9c985f8933 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390.rpm s390x: 7bbc9e55e747edb910c55da28a369411 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390x.rpm 9cf48aa3b10d1fa60f1f43470af38d21 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: 6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm 80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/... d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm i386: bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: 6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm 80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firef... d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm i386: bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm ia64: dfa5106fa6372a30e0f64718f71cf03d firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm 725d7d961be76885f6bb7128302a95be firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: 6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm 80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firef... d0eccc79ceaea24b476d34d51e70f1f0 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.src.rpm i386: bd4f815b6c088bc97ccafcd87fc7b725 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm a2ff046b764ab94ceea6a6b1cc902cc9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.i386.rpm ia64: dfa5106fa6372a30e0f64718f71cf03d firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm 725d7d961be76885f6bb7128302a95be firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: 6194d2a97028a49e0acb8cbfd5789776 firefox-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.x86_64.rpm 80ac31efc107b603567506eac3ff43e9 firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.9-0.1.el4.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: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6497 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6498 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6501 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6502 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6503 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6504 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#cr... 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2006 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFiGyoXlSAg2UNWIIRAiQ9AKC3uCrJUEsUi1jeYDFsEZdNinucWQCfYx9l O48SwnayvUkkxRx0KY25Oz8= =aFUp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list Enterprise-watch-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/enterprise-watch-...


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