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A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles XML files containing an XSLT
transform. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code
as the user running Firefox. (
CVE-2009-1169
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)
A flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles certain XUL garbage collection events. A remote
attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running
Firefox. (
CVE-2009-1044
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)
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories. You can find a link
to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.
Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. For Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4, they contain backported patches to the firefox package. For Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5, they contain backported patches to the xulrunner packages. After installing the update,
Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
1.57.6. RHSA-2009:0315: Critical security update
Important
This update has already been released (prior to the GA of this release) as the security
errata
RHSA-2009:0315
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An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is 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.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
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-2009-0040
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,
CVE-2009-0771
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,
CVE-2009-0772
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,
CVE-2009-0773
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,
CVE-2009-0774
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,
CVE-2009-0775
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)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing
specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information.
(
CVE-2009-0776
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,
CVE-2009-0777
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)
For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.7.
You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-1169.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-1044.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0040.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0771.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0772.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0773.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0774.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0775.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0776.html
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https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-0777.html
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