Bug 503582 (CVE-2009-1840)

Summary:	CVE-2009-1840 Firefox XUL scripts skip some security checks
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	mjc, security-response-team, vdanen
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-1840
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Description Josh Bressers 2009-06-01 19:19:21 UTC

Mozilla add-on developer and community member Wladimir Palant reported that
two key security checks are not being called when loading XUL scripts. The
checks which are skipped are intended to verify that content loading
policies will not be violated by loading a XUL script. Mozilla code relying
on the content policies for security, such as privileged add-ons, could
potentially be exploited to run JavaScript with elevated privileges.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2009-06-11 22:46:29 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Via RHSA-2009:1095 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1095.html

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-06-16 02:18:19 UTC

firefox-3.0.11-1.fc10, xulrunner-1.9.0.11-1.fc10, epiphany-2.24.3-7.fc10, epiphany-extensions-2.24.3-2.fc10, blam-1.8.5-11.fc10, devhelp-0.22-9.fc10, galeon-2.0.7-11.fc10, gecko-sharp2-0.13-9.fc10, gnome-python2-extras-2.19.1-31.fc10, gnome-web-photo-0.3-19.fc10, google-gadgets-0.10.5-7.fc10, kazehakase-0.5.6-4.fc10.3, Miro-2.0.3-5.fc10, mozvoikko-0.9.5-11.fc10, mugshot-1.2.2-10.fc10, pcmanx-gtk2-0.3.8-10.fc10, perl-Gtk2-MozEmbed-0.08-6.fc10.2, ruby-gnome2-0.18.1-5.fc10.3, yelp-2.24.0-10.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2009-06-16 02:31:36 UTC

firefox-3.0.11-1.fc9, xulrunner-1.9.0.11-1.fc9, epiphany-2.22.2-12.fc9, epiphany-extensions-2.22.1-12.fc9, blam-1.8.5-10.fc9.1, chmsee-1.0.1-13.fc9, devhelp-0.19.1-13.fc9, evolution-rss-0.1.0-12.fc9, galeon-2.0.7-11.fc9, gnome-python2-extras-2.19.1-28.fc9, gnome-web-photo-0.3-22.fc9, google-gadgets-0.10.5-7.fc9, gtkmozembedmm-1.4.2.cvs20060817-30.fc9, kazehakase-0.5.6-4.fc9.3, Miro-2.0.3-5.fc9, mozvoikko-0.9.5-11.fc9, mugshot-1.2.2-10.fc9, ruby-gnome2-0.17.0-10.fc9, totem-2.23.2-17.fc9, yelp-2.22.1-13.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.