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(Red Hat Issues Fix) Mozilla Firefox XUL Popup Bug Lets Remote Users Spoof Tabbed Pages
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019719
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019719
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1241
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 27 2008
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Impact: Disclosure of user information, Modification of authentication information
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Red Hat Advisory
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Version(s): prior to 2.0.0.13
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can spoof tabbed pages on the target user's browser.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when running in a background tab, will create a borderless XUL popup in front
of the active tab in the target user's browser. The HTML can spoof arbitrary web pages.
Chris Thomas reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can spoof tabbed pages on the target user's browser.
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Solution: Red Hat has released a fix.
The Red Hat advisory is available at:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-19.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Red Hat Enterprise)
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Underlying OS Comments: 4, 5
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Reported By: bugzilla@redhat.com
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:36:27 -0400
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2008:0207-01] Critical: firefox security update
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=====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Critical: firefox security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0207-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
Issue date: 2008-03-26
CVE Names: CVE-2008-1233 CVE-2008-1234 CVE-2008-1235
CVE-2008-1236 CVE-2008-1237 CVE-2008-1238
CVE-2008-1241
=====================================================================
1. Summary:
Updated firefox packages that fix several security bugs are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
Several flaws were found in the processing of some malformed web content. A
web page containing such malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237)
Several flaws were found in the display of malformed web content. A web
page containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a
Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-1234,
CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1241)
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches that correct these issues.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
438713 - CVE-2008-1233 Mozilla products XPCNativeWrapper pollution
438715 - CVE-2008-1234 universal XSS using event handlers
438717 - CVE-2008-1235 chrome privilege via wrong principal
438718 - CVE-2008-1236 browser engine crashes
438721 - CVE-2008-1237 javascript crashes
438724 - CVE-2008-1238 Referrer spoofing bug
438730 - CVE-2008-1241 XUL popup spoofing
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.src.rpm
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-0.14.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.src.rp
m
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.src.rp
m
i386:
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.src.rp
m
i386:
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
ia64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ia64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ia64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ia64.rpm
ppc:
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ppc.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ppc.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.ppc.rpm
s390x:
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390x.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390x.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.x86_64.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.i386.rpm
firefox-devel-1.5.0.12-14.el5_1.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-2008-1233
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1234
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1235
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1236
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1237
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1238
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1241
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
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