RHSA-2008:0978Critical

Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Published
November 13, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (12)

CVE-2008-0017 →CVE-2008-5014 →CVE-2008-5015 →CVE-2008-5016 →CVE-2008-5017 →CVE-2008-5018 →CVE-2008-5019 →CVE-2008-5021 →CVE-2008-5022 →CVE-2008-5023 →CVE-2008-5024 →CVE-2008-5052 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-0017 — Mozilla buffer overflow in http-index-format parser CVE-2008-5014 — Mozilla crash and remote code execution via proto tampering CVE-2008-5015 — file: URIs inherit chrome privileges CVE-2008-5016 — Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption CVE-2008-5017 — Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption CVE-2008-5018 — Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption CVE-2008-5019 — Mozilla XSS via session restore CVE-2008-5021 — Mozilla crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager CVE-2008-5022 — nsXMLHttpRequest:: NotifyEventListeners() same-origin violation CVE-2008-5023 — Mozilla -moz-binding property bypasses security checks on codebase principals CVE-2008-5024 — Mozilla parsing error in E4X default namespace CVE-2008-5052 — security flaw

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-debuginfo-0:0.12-20.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-20.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • devhelp-devel-0:0.12-20.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • +170 more not shown

✅ 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

🔗 References (16)