RHSA-2010:0547: Critical: firefox security update

First published: Tue Jul 20 2010(Updated: )

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL<br>Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.<br>Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web<br>page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,<br>potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running<br>Firefox. (CVE-2010-1208, CVE-2010-1209, CVE-2010-1211, CVE-2010-1212,<br>CVE-2010-1214, CVE-2010-1215, CVE-2010-2752, CVE-2010-2753)<br>A memory corruption flaw was found in the way Firefox decoded certain PNG<br>images. An attacker could create a specially-crafted PNG image that, when<br>opened, could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary<br>code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2010-1205)<br>Several same-origin policy bypass flaws were found in Firefox. An attacker<br>could create a malicious web page that, when viewed by a victim, could<br>steal private data from a different website the victim has loaded with<br>Firefox. (CVE-2010-0654, CVE-2010-1207, CVE-2010-1213, CVE-2010-2754)<br>A flaw was found in the way Firefox presented the location bar to a user. A<br>malicious website could trick a user into thinking they are visiting the<br>site reported by the location bar, when the page is actually content<br>controlled by an attacker. (CVE-2010-1206)<br>A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed the location bar when<br>visiting a secure web page. A malicious server could use this flaw to<br>present data that appears to originate from a secure server, even though it<br>does not. (CVE-2010-2751)<br>A flaw was found in the way Firefox displayed certain malformed characters.<br>A malicious web page could use this flaw to bypass certain string<br>sanitization methods, allowing it to display malicious information to<br>users. (CVE-2010-1210)<br>For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security<br>advisories for Firefox 3.6.7. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories<br>in the References section of this erratum.<br>All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain<br>Firefox version 3.6.7, which corrects these issues. After installing the<br>update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.<br>

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