Issued:

2009-09-09

Updated:

2009-09-09

RHSA-2009:1431 - Critical: seamonkey security update

Synopsis

Critical: seamonkey security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated seamonkey packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

SeaMonkey is an open source Web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3075)

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

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 SeaMonkey. (CVE-2009-3076)

A flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey 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)

All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• seamonkey-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390x.rpm
• seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ia64.rpm
• seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390x.rpm
• seamonkey-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ia64.rpm
• seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390x.rpm
• seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ia64.rpm
• seamonkey-1.0.9-48.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
• seamonkey-1.0.9-48.el4_8.src.rpm
• seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390.rpm
• seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-48.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
• seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390.rpm
• seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-48.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
• seamonkey-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ppc.rpm
• seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ia64.rpm
• seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ppc.rpm
• seamonkey-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390.rpm
• seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390.rpm
• seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ppc.rpm
• seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ppc.rpm
• seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ia64.rpm
• seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-48.el4_8.i386.rpm
• seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390.rpm
• seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390x.rpm
• seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ppc.rpm
• seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-48.el4_8.i386.rpm
• seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ia64.rpm
• seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390x.rpm
• seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-48.el4_8.i386.rpm
• seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-48.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
• seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-48.el4_8.i386.rpm
• seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-48.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
• seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390.rpm
• seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-48.el4_8.x86_64.rpm
• seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-48.el4_8.i386.rpm
• seamonkey-1.0.9-48.el4_8.i386.rpm
• seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-48.el4_8.ppc.rpm
• seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-48.el4_8.s390x.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 521311
• This content is not included.BZ - 521688
• This content is not included.BZ - 521691
• This content is not included.BZ - 521692
• This content is not included.BZ - 521693

CVEs

• CVE-2009-3076
• CVE-2009-3077
• CVE-2009-3075
• CVE-2009-3072
• CVE-2009-2654

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.