- Issued:
- 2012-02-16
- Updated:
- 2012-02-16
RHSA-2012:0141 - Critical: seamonkey security update
Synopsis
Critical: seamonkey security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Critical
Topic
Updated seamonkey packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
Description
SeaMonkey is an open source web browser, e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled PNG (Portable Network Graphics) images. A web page containing a malicious PNG image could cause SeaMonkey to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running SeaMonkey. (CVE-2011-3026)
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 4 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 4 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 4 | s390 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 4 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 4 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 4 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 4 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 4 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.x86_64.rpm
- seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm
- seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm
- seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm
- seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm
- seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm
- seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm
- seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm
- seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm
- seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm
- seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.x86_64.rpm
- seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm
- seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm
- seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm
- seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.x86_64.rpm
- seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm
- seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.src.rpm
- seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.x86_64.rpm
- seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm
- seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm
- seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm
- seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm
- seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm
- seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm
- seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.x86_64.rpm
- seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm
- seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm
- seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm
- seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm
- seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.ia64.rpm
- seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-79.el4.i386.rpm
- seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm
- seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-79.el4.ppc.rpm
- seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm
- seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-79.el4.s390.rpm
- seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.s390x.rpm
- seamonkey-1.0.9-79.el4.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
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.