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[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: firefox-1.5.0.12-1.fc6
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2007-549 2007-05-31 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Product : Fedora Core 6 Name : firefox Version : 1.5.0.12 Release : 1.fc6 Summary : Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Description : Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Updated firefox packages that fix several security bugs are now available Fedora Core 6. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Fedora Security Response Team. Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processed certain malformed JavaScript code. A web page containing malicious JavaScript code could cause Firefox to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2007-2867, CVE-2007-2868) A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled certain FTP PASV commands. A malicious FTP server could use this flaw to perform a rudimentary port-scan of machines behind a user's firewall. (CVE-2007-1562) Several denial of service flaws were found in the way Firefox handled certain form and cookie data. A malicious web site that is able to set arbitrary form and cookie data could prevent Firefox from functioning properly. (CVE-2007-1362, CVE-2007-2869) A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled the addEventListener JavaScript method. A malicious web site could use this method to access or modify sensitive data from another web site. (CVE-2007-2870) A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain web content. A malicious web page could generate content that would overlay user interface elements such as the hostname and security indicators, tricking users into thinking they are visiting a different site. (CVE-2007-2871) Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain Firefox version 1.5.0.12 that corrects these issues. --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Wed May 30 2007 Christopher Aillon <caillon redhat com> 1.5.0.12-1 - Update to 1.5.0.12 --------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/ f20bee9997965a6902a26caf0e3c9f18e96f482a SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.src.rpm f20bee9997965a6902a26caf0e3c9f18e96f482a noarch/firefox-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.src.rpm a0e7febfb4264f5a0e2a475ac6cdb9371275cbd4 ppc/firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.ppc.rpm a30ccee95490f6513e559d19994488db50933075 ppc/firefox-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.ppc.rpm e90ca6294a76270b8b1b930ce51d894b67f949eb ppc/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.ppc.rpm 5452ff82e9fbf62cad4ece460ef9415bd47728e0 x86_64/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm 81fc5a70cc7f0591f7ec90eb0f8cf41cf03cfb4a x86_64/firefox-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm 1cce48d2a466f257411cdd421c855eb80fefcdfd x86_64/firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.x86_64.rpm deff2b2abdac9925db3f0402075195322b884454 i386/firefox-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.i386.rpm 50f2730f492818d4fc34868710c1cb728cbd35ad i386/firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.i386.rpm 1abeeac266763742539dcd0a1582e62b97b86645 i386/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-1.fc6.i386.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/. ---------------------------------------------------------------------