Issued:
2012-10-12
Updated:
2012-10-12

RHSA-2012:1361 - Critical: xulrunner security update

Synopsis

Critical: xulrunner security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated xulrunner packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

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

XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for applications using the Gecko layout engine.

A flaw was found in the way XULRunner handled security wrappers. A web page containing malicious content could possibly cause an application linked against XULRunner (such as Mozilla Firefox) to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-4193)

For technical details regarding this flaw, refer to the Mozilla security advisories. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges moz_bug_r_a4 as the original reporter.

All XULRunner users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. After installing the update, applications using XULRunner 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.3ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el5_8.s390.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el5_8.s390.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ia64.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el6_3.i686.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el6_3.s390.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.s390.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el6_3.ppc64.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el6_3.s390x.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ppc.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el5_8.i386.rpm
  • xulrunner-debuginfo-10.0.8-2.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.src.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.ppc64.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el6_3.src.rpm
  • xulrunner-10.0.8-2.el5_8.s390x.rpm
  • xulrunner-devel-10.0.8-2.el6_3.ppc.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information