Bug 511228 (CVE-2009-2477, CVE-2009-2478, CVE-2009-2479)

Summary:	CVE-2009-2477 CVE-2009-2478 CVE-2009-2479 firefox 3.5 various flaws
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	caillon, jhorak, security-response-team, stransky, vdanen
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9137
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Last Closed:	2010-04-08 18:06:53 UTC	Type:	---
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Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-07-14 12:13:24 UTC

This issue does NOT affect the versions of the seamonkey package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

This issue does NOT affect the versions of the firefox package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This issue does NOT affect the version of the firefox package, as shipped
with Fedora release of 10.

This issue affects the version of the firefox package, as shipped
with Fedora release of 11.

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-07-15 15:11:02 UTC

MITRE's CVE entry (CVE-2009-2477):

The Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler in Mozilla Firefox 3.5
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted
document containing P and FONT elements.

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2477
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9137
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6796
http://www.h-online.com/security/First-Zero-Day-Exploit-for-Firefox-3-5--/news/113761
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/07/14/critical-javascript-vulnerability-in-firefox-35/
http://secunia.com/advisories/35798
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1868

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-07-16 15:56:25 UTC

MITRE's CVE-2009-2478 entry:

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via
unspecified vectors, related to a "flash bug."

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2478
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502648
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503286

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-07-16 15:57:54 UTC

MITRE's CVE-2009-2479 entry:

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly
have unspecified other impact via a long Unicode string argument to
the write method.

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2479
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9158
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35707
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51729

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-07-22 22:02:57 UTC

firefox-3.5.1-1.fc11, xulrunner-1.9.1.1-1.fc11, blam-1.8.5-12.fc11, chmsee-1.0.1-9.fc11, eclipse-3.4.2-13.fc11, epiphany-2.26.3-2.fc11, epiphany-extensions-2.26.1-4.fc11, evolution-rss-0.1.2-11.fc11, galeon-2.0.7-12.fc11, gnome-python2-extras-2.25.3-5.fc11, gnome-web-photo-0.7-4.fc11, google-gadgets-0.11.0-2.fc11, hulahop-0.4.9-6.fc11, java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-25.b16.fc11, kazehakase-0.5.6-11.svn3771_trunk.fc11.3, Miro-2.0.5-2.fc11, mozvoikko-0.9.7-0.5.rc1.fc11, ruby-gnome2-0.19.0-3.fc11.1, perl-Gtk2-MozEmbed-0.08-6.fc11.3, yelp-2.26.0-5.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.