Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to xulrunner announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-11598.
Update Information:
Update to the new upstream Firefox 3.0.5 / XULRunner 1.9.0.5 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.5 This update also contains new builds of all applications depending on Gecko libraries, built against thenew version. Note: after the updated packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect.
ChangeLog:
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Christopher Aillon 1.9.0.5-1 - Update to 1.9.0.5 * Wed Nov 12 2008 Christopher Aillon 1.9.0.4-1 - Update to 1.9.0.4 * Tue Sep 23 2008 Christopher Aillon 1.9.0.2-1 - Update to 1.9.0.2 * Wed Jul 16 2008 Christopher Aillon 1.9.0.1-1 - Update to 1.9.0.1 * Mon Jun 30 2008 Dennis Gilmore 1.9-1.1 - handle sparc arches * Tue Jun 17 2008 Christopher Aillon 1.9-1 - Update to 1.9 final * Thu May 29 2008 Christopher Aillon 1.9-0.63 - Simplify PS/PDF operators * Thu May 22 2008 Christopher Aillon 1.9-0.62 - Upstream patch to fsync() less * Thu May 8 2008 Colin Walters 1.9-0.61 - Ensure we enable startup notification add BR and modify config (bug #445543)
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #476267 - CVE-2008-5501 Layout engine crash - Firefox 3 only https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476267 [ 2 ] Bug #476287 - CVE-2008-5512 Firefox JavaScript privilege escalation https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476287 [ 3 ] Bug #476278 - CVE-2008-5506 Firefox XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosure https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476278 [ 4 ] Bug #476283 - CVE-2008-5510 Firefox null characters ignored by CSS parser https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476283 [ 5 ] Bug #476289 - CVE-2008-5513 Firefox XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStore https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476289 [ 6 ] Bug #476280 - CVE-2008-5507 Firefox Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error message https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476280 [ 7 ] Bug #476266 - CVE-2008-5500 Layout engine crashes - Firefox 2 and 3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476266 [ 8 ] Bug #476285 - CVE-2008-5511 Firefox XSS via XBL bindings to unloaded document https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476285 [ 9 ] Bug #476274 - CVE-2008-5505 Firefox 3 User tracking via XUL persist attribute https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476274 [ 10 ] Bug #476269 - CVE-2008-5502 JavaScript engine crash - Firefox 3 only https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476269 [ 11 ] Bug #476281 - CVE-2008-5508 Firefox errors parsing URLs with control characters https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476281
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update xulrunner' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-11598
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score: 10.0
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