RHSA-2008:0569Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Published
July 2, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (12)

CVE-2008-2798 →CVE-2008-2799 →CVE-2008-2800 →CVE-2008-2801 →CVE-2008-2802 →CVE-2008-2803 →CVE-2008-2805 →CVE-2008-2807 →CVE-2008-2808 →CVE-2008-2809 →CVE-2008-2810 →CVE-2008-2811 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-2798 — Firefox malformed web content flaws CVE-2008-2799 — Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution CVE-2008-2800 — Firefox XSS attacks CVE-2008-2801 — Firefox arbitrary signed JAR code execution CVE-2008-2802 — Firefox arbitrary JavaScript code execution CVE-2008-2803 — Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution CVE-2008-2805 — Firefox arbitrary file disclosure CVE-2008-2807 — Firefox .properties memory leak CVE-2008-2808 — Firefox file location escaping flaw CVE-2008-2809 — Firefox self signed certificate flaw CVE-2008-2810 — Firefox arbitrary file disclosure CVE-2008-2811 — Firefox block reflow flaw

🎯 Affected products105

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-17.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-17.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-17.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-17.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-17.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-17.el5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-17.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
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✅ Remediation

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 http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

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