Synopsis:	Critical: firefox security update
Issue date:	2009-10-27
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-1563 CVE-2009-3274 CVE-2009-3370
                   CVE-2009-3372 CVE-2009-3373 CVE-2009-3374
                   CVE-2009-3375 CVE-2009-3376 CVE-2009-3380
                   CVE-2009-3382

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles form history. A malicious 
web page could steal saved form data by synthesizing input events, 
causing the browser to auto-fill form fields (which could then be read 
by an attacker). (CVE-2009-3370)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox creates temporary file names for
downloaded files. If a local attacker knows the name of a file Firefox 
is going to download, they can replace the contents of that file with
arbitrary contents. (CVE-2009-3274)

A flaw was found in the Firefox Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file
processor. If Firefox loads a malicious PAC file, it could crash Firefox
or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3372)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Firefox GIF image
processor. A malicious GIF image could crash Firefox or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2009-3373)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Firefox string to
floating point conversion routines. A web page containing malicious
JavaScript could crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code 
with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1563)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles text selection. A malicious
website may be able to read highlighted text in a different domain (e.g.
another website the user is viewing), bypassing the same-origin policy.
(CVE-2009-3375)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays a right-to-left override
character when downloading a file. In these cases, the name displayed in
the title bar differs from the name displayed in the dialog body. An
attacker could use this flaw to trick a user into downloading a file 
that has a file name or extension that differs from what the user 
expected. (CVE-2009-3376)

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 with the privileges of the user 
running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3374, CVE-2009-3380, CVE-2009-3382)

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes 
to take effect.


SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.src.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.src.rpm
      i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.15-3.el4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.src.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.src.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.src.rpm
      i386:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
firefox-3.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386.rpm
nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.i386.rpm
xulrunner-devel-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm
xulrunner-devel-unstable-1.9.0.15-3.el5_4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson