Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14, and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via vectors involving an object, the FeedWriter, and the BrowserFeedWriter.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-1430 advisory.

    firefox:

    [3.0.14-1.0.1.el5_4]
    - Update firstrun and homepage URLs in specfile
    - Added patch oracle-firefox-branding.patch
    - Added firefox-oracle-default-prefs.js/firefox-oracle-default-bookmarks.html       and removed the corresponding  Red Hat ones

    [3.0.14-1]
    - Update to 3.0.14

    [3.0.13-1]
    - Update to 3.0.13

    nspr:

    [4.7.5-1]
    - Update to NSPR 4.7.5

    xulrunner:

    [1.9.0.14-1.0.1.el5_4]
    - Added xulrunner-oracle-default-prefs.js and removed the corresponding       RedHat one.

    [1.9.0.14-1]
    - Update to 1.9.0.14

    [1.9.0.13-1]
    - Update to 1.9.0.13

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201301-01 (Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox,       Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner. Please review the       CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web       page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a       Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able       to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information,       bypass restrictions and protection mechanisms, force file downloads,       conduct XML injection attacks, conduct XSS attacks, bypass the Same       Origin Policy, spoof URL&rsquo;s for phishing attacks, trigger a vertical       scroll, spoof the location bar, spoof an SSL indicator, modify the       browser&rsquo;s font, conduct clickjacking attacks, or have other unspecified       impact.
    A local attacker could gain escalated privileges, obtain sensitive       information, or replace an arbitrary downloaded file.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

CVE-2009-2654 firefox: URL bar spoofing vulnerability

CVE-2009-3070 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 browser engine crashes

CVE-2009-3071 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 browser engine crashes

CVE-2009-3072 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 browser engine crashes

CVE-2009-3074 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes

CVE-2009-3075 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes

CVE-2009-3076 Firefox 3.0.14 Insufficient warning for PKCS11 module installation and removal

CVE-2009-3077 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 TreeColumns dangling pointer vulnerability

CVE-2009-3078 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 Location bar spoofing via tall line-height Unicode characters

CVE-2009-3079 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 Chrome privilege escalation with FeedWriter

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-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3074,

CVE-2009-3075)

A use-after-free flaw was found in Firefox. An attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3077)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles malformed JavaScript. A website with an object containing malicious JavaScript could execute that JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2009-3079)

Descriptions in the dialogs when adding and removing PKCS #11 modules were not informative. An attacker able to trick a user into installing a malicious PKCS #11 module could use this flaw to install their own Certificate Authority certificates on a user's machine, making it possible to trick the user into believing they are viewing a trusted site or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3076)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays the address bar when window.open() is called in a certain way. An attacker could use this flaw to conceal a malicious URL, possibly tricking a user into believing they are viewing a trusted site. (CVE-2009-2654)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays certain Unicode characters. An attacker could use this flaw to conceal a malicious URL, possibly tricking a user into believing they are viewing a trusted site. (CVE-2009-3078)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.14. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.

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

This update brings the Mozilla XULRunner engine to the 1.9.0.14 stable release.

It also fixes various security issues :

  - / CVE-2009-30 /. (MFSA 2009-47 / CVE-2009-3069 /     CVE-2009-3070 / CVE-2009-3071 / CVE-2009-3072 /     CVE-2009-3073)

  - Mozilla developers and community members identified and     fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used     in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of     these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under     certain circumstances and we presume that with enough     effort at least some of these could be exploited to run     arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-3075)

  - Mozilla security researcher Jesse Rudermanreported that     when security modules were added or removed via     pkcs11.addmodule or pkcs11.deletemodule, the resulting     dialog was not sufficiently informative. Without     sufficient warning, an attacker could entice a victim to     install a malicious PKCS11 module and affect the     cryptographic integrity of the victim's browser.
    Security researcher Dan Kaminsky reported that this     issue had not been fixed in Firefox 3.0 and that under     certain circumstances pkcs11 modules could be installed     from a remote location. Firefox 3.5 releases are not     affected. (MFSA 2009-48 / CVE-2009-3076)

  - An anonymous security researcher, via TippingPoint's     Zero Day Initiative, reported that the columns of a XUL     tree element could be manipulated in a particular way     which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing     to freed memory. An attacker could potentially use this     vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and run     arbitrary code on the victim's computer. (MFSA 2009-49 /     CVE-2009-3077)

  - Security researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian reported     that the default Windows font used to render the     locationbar and other text fields was improperly     displaying certain Unicode characters with tall     line-height. In such cases the tall line-height would     cause the rest of the text in the input field to be     scrolled vertically out of view. An attacker could use     this vulnerability to prevent a user from seeing the URL     of a malicious site. Corrie Sloot also independently     reported this issue to Mozilla. (MFSA 2009-50 /     CVE-2009-3078)

  - Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that     the BrowserFeedWriter could be leveraged to run     JavaScript code from web content with elevated     privileges. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could     construct an object containing malicious JavaScript and     cause the FeedWriter to process the object, running the     malicious code with chrome privileges. Thunderbird does     not support the BrowserFeedWriter object and is not     vulnerable in its default configuration. Thunderbird     might be vulnerable if the user has installed any add-on     which adds a similarly implemented feature and then     enables JavaScript in mail messages. This is not the     default setting and we strongly discourage users from     running JavaScript in mail. (MFSA 2009-51 /     CVE-2009-3079)

This update brings the Mozilla Firefox 3.5 webbrowser to version 3.5.3, the Mozilla XULRunner 1.9.0 engine to the 1.9.0.14 stable release, and the Mozilla XULRunner 1.9.1 engine to the 1.9.1.3 stable release.

It also fixes various security issues :

  - Mozilla developers and community members identified and     fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used     in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of     these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under     certain circumstances and we presume that with enough     effort at least some of these could be exploited to run     arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-47 / CVE-2009-3069 /     CVE-2009-3070 / CVE-2009-3071 / CVE-2009-3072 /     CVE-2009-3073 / CVE-2009-3074 / CVE-2009-3075)

  - Mozilla security researcher Jesse Rudermanreported that     when security modules were added or removed via     pkcs11.addmodule or pkcs11.deletemodule, the resulting     dialog was not sufficiently informative. Without     sufficient warning, an attacker could entice a victim to     install a malicious PKCS11 module and affect the     cryptographic integrity of the victim's browser.
    Security researcher Dan Kaminsky reported that this     issue had not been fixed in Firefox 3.0 and that under     certain circumstances pkcs11 modules could be installed     from a remote location. Firefox 3.5 releases are not     affected. (MFSA 2009-48 / CVE-2009-3076)

  - An anonymous security researcher, via TippingPoint's     Zero Day Initiative, reported that the columns of a XUL     tree element could be manipulated in a particular way     which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing     to freed memory. An attacker could potentially use this     vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and run     arbitrary code on the victim's computer. (MFSA 2009-49 /     CVE-2009-3077)

  - Security researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian reported     that the default Windows font used to render the     locationbar and other text fields was improperly     displaying certain Unicode characters with tall     line-height. In such cases the tall line-height would     cause the rest of the text in the input field to be     scrolled vertically out of view. An attacker could use     this vulnerability to prevent a user from seeing the URL     of a malicious site. Corrie Sloot also independently     reported this issue to Mozilla. (MFSA 2009-50 /     CVE-2009-3078)

  - Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that     the BrowserFeedWriter could be leveraged to run     JavaScript code from web content with elevated     privileges. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could     construct an object containing malicious JavaScript and     cause the FeedWriter to process the object, running the     malicious code with chrome privileges. Thunderbird does     not support the BrowserFeedWriter object and is not     vulnerable in its default configuration. Thunderbird     might be vulnerable if the user has installed any add-on     which adds a similarly implemented feature and then     enables JavaScript in mail messages. This is not the     default setting and we strongly discourage users from     running JavaScript in mail. (MFSA 2009-51 /     CVE-2009-3079)

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel web browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-3079     'moz_bug_r_a4' discovered that a programming error in     the FeedWriter module could lead to the execution of     JavaScript code with elevated privileges.

  - CVE-2009-1310     Prateek Saxena discovered a cross-site scripting     vulnerability in the MozSearch plugin interface.

This update brings the Mozilla Firefox 3.5 webbrowser to version 3.5.3, the Mozilla XULRunner 1.9.0 engine to the 1.9.0.14 stable release, and the Mozilla XULRunner 1.9.1 engine to the 1.9.1.3 stable release.

It also fixes various security issues: MFSA 2009-47 / CVE-2009-3069 / CVE-2009-3070 / CVE-2009-3071 / CVE-2009-3072 / CVE-2009-3073 / CVE-2009-30 / CVE-2009-3075: Mozilla developers and community members identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products.
Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

MFSA 2009-48 / CVE-2009-3076: Mozilla security researcher Jesse Rudermanreported that when security modules were added or removed via pkcs11.addmodule or pkcs11.deletemodule, the resulting dialog was not sufficiently informative. Without sufficient warning, an attacker could entice a victim to install a malicious PKCS11 module and affect the cryptographic integrity of the victim's browser. Security researcher Dan Kaminsky reported that this issue had not been fixed in Firefox 3.0 and that under certain circumstances pkcs11 modules could be installed from a remote location. Firefox 3.5 releases are not affected.

MFSA 2009-49 / CVE-2009-3077: An anonymous security researcher, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, reported that the columns of a XUL tree element could be manipulated in a particular way which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing to freed memory. An attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and run arbitrary code on the victim's computer.

MFSA 2009-50 / CVE-2009-3078: Security researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian reported that the default Windows font used to render the locationbar and other text fields was improperly displaying certain Unicode characters with tall line-height. In such cases the tall line-height would cause the rest of the text in the input field to be scrolled vertically out of view. An attacker could use this vulnerability to prevent a user from seeing the URL of a malicious site. Corrie Sloot also independently reported this issue to Mozilla.

MFSA 2009-51 / CVE-2009-3079: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that the BrowserFeedWriter could be leveraged to run JavaScript code from web content with elevated privileges. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could construct an object containing malicious JavaScript and cause the FeedWriter to process the object, running the malicious code with chrome privileges. Thunderbird does not support the BrowserFeedWriter object and is not vulnerable in its default configuration. Thunderbird might be vulnerable if the user has installed any add-on which adds a similarly implemented feature and then enables JavaScript in mail messages. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.

This update brings the Mozilla Firefox browser to the 3.0.14 stable release.

It also fixes various security issues: MFSA 2009-47 / CVE-2009-3069 / CVE-2009-3070 / CVE-2009-3071 / CVE-2009-3072 / CVE-2009-3073 / CVE-2009-30 / CVE-2009-3075: Mozilla developers and community members identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

MFSA 2009-48 / CVE-2009-3076: Mozilla security researcher Jesse Rudermanreported that when security modules were added or removed via pkcs11.addmodule or pkcs11.deletemodule, the resulting dialog was not sufficiently informative. Without sufficient warning, an attacker could entice a victim to install a malicious PKCS11 module and affect the cryptographic integrity of the victim's browser. Security researcher Dan Kaminsky reported that this issue had not been fixed in Firefox 3.0 and that under certain circumstances pkcs11 modules could be installed from a remote location. Firefox 3.5 releases are not affected.

MFSA 2009-49 / CVE-2009-3077: An anonymous security researcher, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, reported that the columns of a XUL tree element could be manipulated in a particular way which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing to freed memory. An attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and run arbitrary code on the victim's computer.

MFSA 2009-50 / CVE-2009-3078: Security researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian reported that the default Windows font used to render the locationbar and other text fields was improperly displaying certain Unicode characters with tall line-height. In such cases the tall line-height would cause the rest of the text in the input field to be scrolled vertically out of view. An attacker could use this vulnerability to prevent a user from seeing the URL of a malicious site. Corrie Sloot also independently reported this issue to Mozilla.

MFSA 2009-51 / CVE-2009-3079: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that the BrowserFeedWriter could be leveraged to run JavaScript code from web content with elevated privileges. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could construct an object containing malicious JavaScript and cause the FeedWriter to process the object, running the malicious code with chrome privileges. Thunderbird does not support the BrowserFeedWriter object and is not vulnerable in its default configuration. Thunderbird might be vulnerable if the user has installed any add-on which adds a similarly implemented feature and then enables JavaScript in mail messages. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.

Issues fixed in the 3.0.13 release were: MFSA 2009-44 / CVE-2009-2654:
Security researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian reported that an attacker could call window.open() on an invalid URL which looks similar to a legitimate URL and then use document.write() to place content within the new document, appearing to have come from the spoofed location. Additionally, if the spoofed document was created by a document with a valid SSL certificate, the SSL indicators would be carried over into the spoofed document. An attacker could use these issues to display misleading location and SSL information for a malicious web page.

MFSA 2009-45 / CVE-2009-2662:The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.13, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the TraceRecorder::snapshot function in js/src/jstracer.cpp, and unspecified other vectors.

CVE-2009-2663 / MFSA 2009-45: libvorbis before r16182, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.13 and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ogg file.

CVE-2009-2664 / MFSA 2009-45: The js_watch_set function in js/src/jsdbgapi.cpp in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.13, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .js file, related to a 'memory safety bug.

This update brings Mozilla Firefox from the 3.0 stable branch to the current stable branch version 3.5.3.

It also fixes various security issues :

  - / / CVE-2009-3075: Mozilla developers and community     members identified and fixed several stability bugs in     the browser engine used in Firefox and other     Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed     evidence of memory corruption under certain     circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at     least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary     code. (MFSA 2009-47 / CVE-2009-3069 / CVE-2009-3070 /     CVE-2009-3071 / CVE-2009-3072 / CVE-2009-3073)

  - An anonymous security researcher, via TippingPoint's     Zero Day Initiative, reported that the columns of a XUL     tree element could be manipulated in a particular way     which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing     to freed memory. An attacker could potentially use this     vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and run     arbitrary code on the victim's computer. (MFSA 2009-49 /     CVE-2009-3077)

  - Security researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian reported     that the default Windows font used to render the     locationbar and other text fields was improperly     displaying certain Unicode characters with tall     line-height. In such cases the tall line-height would     cause the rest of the text in the input field to be     scrolled vertically out of view. An attacker could use     this vulnerability to prevent a user from seeing the URL     of a malicious site. Corrie Sloot also independently     reported this issue to Mozilla. (MFSA 2009-50 /     CVE-2009-3078)

  - Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that     the BrowserFeedWriter could be leveraged to run     JavaScript code from web content with elevated     privileges. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could     construct an object containing malicious JavaScript and     cause the FeedWriter to process the object, running the     malicious code with chrome privileges. Thunderbird does     not support the BrowserFeedWriter object and is not     vulnerable in its default configuration. Thunderbird     might be vulnerable if the user has installed any add-on     which adds a similarly implemented feature and then     enables JavaScript in mail messages. This is not the     default setting and we strongly discourage users from     running JavaScript in mail. (MFSA 2009-51 /     CVE-2009-3079)

This update brings Mozilla Firefox to the 3.0.14 stable release.

It also fixes various security issues: MFSA 2009-47 / CVE-2009-3069 / CVE-2009-3070 / CVE-2009-3071 / CVE-2009-3072 / CVE-2009-3073 / CVE-2009-3074 / CVE-2009-3075: Mozilla developers and community members identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

MFSA 2009-48 / CVE-2009-3076: Mozilla security researcher Jesse Rudermanreported that when security modules were added or removed via pkcs11.addmodule or pkcs11.deletemodule, the resulting dialog was not sufficiently informative. Without sufficient warning, an attacker could entice a victim to install a malicious PKCS11 module and affect the cryptographic integrity of the victim's browser. Security researcher Dan Kaminsky reported that this issue had not been fixed in Firefox 3.0 and that under certain circumstances pkcs11 modules could be installed from a remote location. Firefox 3.5 releases are not affected.

MFSA 2009-49 / CVE-2009-3077: An anonymous security researcher, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, reported that the columns of a XUL tree element could be manipulated in a particular way which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing to freed memory. An attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and run arbitrary code on the victim's computer.

MFSA 2009-50 / CVE-2009-3078: Security researcher Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian reported that the default Windows font used to render the locationbar and other text fields was improperly displaying certain Unicode characters with tall line-height. In such cases the tall line-height would cause the rest of the text in the input field to be scrolled vertically out of view. An attacker could use this vulnerability to prevent a user from seeing the URL of a malicious site. Corrie Sloot also independently reported this issue to Mozilla.

MFSA 2009-51 / CVE-2009-3079: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that the BrowserFeedWriter could be leveraged to run JavaScript code from web content with elevated privileges. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could construct an object containing malicious JavaScript and cause the FeedWriter to process the object, running the malicious code with chrome privileges. Thunderbird does not support the BrowserFeedWriter object and is not vulnerable in its default configuration. Thunderbird might be vulnerable if the user has installed any add-on which adds a similarly implemented feature and then enables JavaScript in mail messages. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.

Security issues were identified and fixed in firefox 3.0.x :

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors (CVE-2009-3069, CVE-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072).

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors (CVE-2009-3073, CVE-2009-3074, CVE-2009-3075).

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 does not properly implement certain dialogs associated with the (1) pkcs11.addmodule and (2) pkcs11.deletemodule operations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into installing or removing an arbitrary PKCS11 module (CVE-2009-3076).

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 does not properly manage pointers for the columns (aka TreeColumns) of a XUL tree element, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to a dangling pointer vulnerability.
(CVE-2009-3077).

Visual truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 allows remote attackers to trigger a vertical scroll and spoof URLs via unspecified Unicode characters with a tall line-height property (CVE-2009-3078).

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via vectors involving an object, the FeedWriter, and the BrowserFeedWriter (CVE-2009-3079).

This update provides the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x to correct these issues.

Additionally, some packages which require so, have been rebuilt and are being provided as updates.

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.5.3, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox35.html#firefox3.5.3 Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against new version of Firefox / XULRunner.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.14, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.14 Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against new version of Firefox / XULRunner.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several flaws were discovered in the Firefox browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3074, CVE-2009-3075)

Jesse Ruderman and Dan Kaminsky discovered that Firefox did not adequately inform users when security modules were added or removed via PKCS11. If a user visited a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to trick the user into installing a malicious PKCS11 module. (CVE-2009-3076)

It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using XUL tree elements. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-3077)

Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian discovered that Firefox did properly display certain Unicode characters in the location bar and other text fields when using a certain non-Ubuntu font. If a user configured Firefox to use this font, an attacker could exploit this to spoof the location bar, such as in a phishing attack. (CVE-2009-3078)

It was discovered that the BrowserFeedWriter in Firefox could be subverted to run JavaScript code from web content with elevated chrome privileges. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-3079).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Mozilla Foundation reports :

MFSA 2009-51 Chrome privilege escalation with FeedWriter

MFSA 2009-50 Location bar spoofing via tall line-height Unicode characters

MFSA 2009-49 TreeColumns dangling pointer vulnerability

MFSA 2009-48 Insufficient warning for PKCS11 module installation and removal

MFSA 2009-47 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.1.3/1.9.0.14)

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues 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.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. nspr provides the Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR).

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-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3074, CVE-2009-3075)

A use-after-free flaw was found in Firefox. An attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3077)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handles malformed JavaScript. A website with an object containing malicious JavaScript could execute that JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2009-3079)

Descriptions in the dialogs when adding and removing PKCS #11 modules were not informative. An attacker able to trick a user into installing a malicious PKCS #11 module could use this flaw to install their own Certificate Authority certificates on a user's machine, making it possible to trick the user into believing they are viewing a trusted site or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-3076)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays the address bar when window.open() is called in a certain way. An attacker could use this flaw to conceal a malicious URL, possibly tricking a user into believing they are viewing a trusted site. (CVE-2009-2654)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox displays certain Unicode characters. An attacker could use this flaw to conceal a malicious URL, possibly tricking a user into believing they are viewing a trusted site. (CVE-2009-3078)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.14. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this errata.

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.14, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

The installed version of Mozilla Firefox is earlier than 3.0.14 / 3.5.3. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple issues : 

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in the browser engine. (MFSA 2009-47)

  - When security modules are added or removed via pkcs11.addmodule or pkcs11.deletemodule, the resulting dialogue was not sufficiently informative which could lead an attacker to entice a victim to install a malicious PKCS11 module. Note that Firefox 3.5.x releases are not affected. (MFSA 2009-38)

  - The columns of a XUL tree element could be manipulated in a particular way which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing to freed memory. (MFSA 2009-49)

  - The default Windows font used to render the locationbar and other text fields was improperly displaying certain Unicode characters with tall line-height. (MFSA 2009-50)

  - The 'BrowserFeedWriter' could be leveraged to run JavaScript code from web content with elevated privileges. (MFSA 2009-51)

The installed version of Mozilla Firefox is earlier than 3.0.14 / 3.5.3. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple issues : 

 - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in the browser engine. (MFSA 2009-47)
 - When security modules are added or removed via pkcs11.addmodule or pkcs11.deletemodule, the resulting dialogue was not sufficiently informative which could lead an attacker to entice a victim to install a malicious PKCS11 module. Note that Firefox 3.5.x releases are not affected. (MFSA 2009-38)
 - The columns of a XUL tree element could be manipulated in a particular way which would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing to freed memory. (MFSA 2009-49)
 - The default Windows font used to render the locationbar and other text fields was improperly displaying certain Unicode characters with tall line-height. (MFSA 2009-50)
 - The 'BrowserFeedWriter' could be leveraged to run JavaScript code from web content with elevated privileges. (MFSA 2009-51)

The installed version of Firefox 3.5 is earlier than 3.5.3.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities could potentially     allow arbitrary code execution. (MFSA 2009-47)

  - The columns of a XUL tree element can manipulated in     a way that leads to a dangling pointer.  A remote attacker     could exploit this to crash the browser, or execute     arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-49)

  - A URL containing certain Unicode characters with tall     tall-line height is displayed incorrectly in the location bar.
    A remote attacker could use this to prevent a user from     seeing the full URL of a malicious website. (MFSA 2009-50)

  - A remote attacker can leverage 'BrowserFeedWriter' to     execute JavaScript code with Chrome privileges.
    (MFSA 2009-51)

The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 3.0.14.  Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities could     potentially allow arbitrary code execution.
    (MFSA 2009-47)

  - An insufficient warning message is displayed when adding     or removing a PKCS11 module.  In some cases, this can be     done remotely.  A remote attacker could exploit this by     tricking a user into installing a malicious PKCS11 module,     which could facilitate man-in-them-middle attacks.
    (MFSA 2009-48)

  - The columns of a XUL tree element can manipulated in     a way that leads to a dangling pointer.  A remote attacker     could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (MFSA 2009-49)

  - A URL containing certain Unicode characters with tall     line-height is displayed incorrectly in the location bar.
    A remote attacker could use this to prevent a user from     seeing the full URL of a malicious site. (MFSA 2009-50)

  - A remote attacker can leverage 'BrowserFeedWriter' to     execute JavaScript code with Chrome privileges.
    (MFSA 2009-51)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
67922	Oracle Linux 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-1430)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
63402	GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
60664	Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
52687	SuSE 11 Security Update : Mozilla (SAT Patch Number 1328)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
49852	SuSE 10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (ZYPP Patch Number 6563)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
44934	SuSE 10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (ZYPP Patch Number 6562)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
44751	Debian DSA-1886-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
42189	SuSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox (firefox35upgrade-6562)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
41984	openSUSE 10 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-6495)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
41957	SuSE 11 Security Update : Mozilla (SAT Patch Number 1328)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
41955	SuSE 11 Security Update : Firefox (SAT Patch Number 1340)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
41039	openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-1312)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
41033	openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-1312)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
41027	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2009:236)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical
40956	Fedora 11 : Miro-2.5.2-4.fc11 / blam-1.8.5-14.fc11 / chmsee-1.0.1-11.fc11 / eclipse-3.4.2-15.fc11 / etc (2009-9505)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
40955	Fedora 10 : Miro-2.0.5-4.fc10 / blam-1.8.5-14.fc10 / epiphany-2.24.3-10.fc10 / etc (2009-9494)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
40943	Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities (USN-821-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
40935	FreeBSD : mozilla firefox -- multiple vulnerabilities (922d2398-9e2d-11de-a998-0030843d3802)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
40932	CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox / seamonkey (CESA-2009:1430)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
801311	Mozilla Firefox < 3.0.14 / 3.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Log Correlation Engine	Web Clients	high
5161	Mozilla Firefox < 3.0.14 / 3.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
40931	Firefox 3.5.x < 3.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
40930	Firefox < 3.0.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
40921	RHEL 4 / 5 : firefox (RHSA-2009:1430)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical

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