firefox security update (RHSA-2010-0681)

Original Release Date: October 6, 2010
Last Revised: April 4, 2012
Number: ASA-2010-263
Risk Level: Low
Advisory Version: 4.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-3169 and CVE-2010-2762 to these issues.

Several use-after-free and dangling pointer flaws were found in Firefox. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-2760, CVE-2010-2766, CVE-2010-2767, CVE-2010-3167 and CVE-2010-3168 to these issues.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Firefox. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-2765 and CVE-2010-3166 to these issues.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in Firefox. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to run JavaScript code with the permissions of a different website. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-2768 and CVE-2010-2769 to these issues.

A flaw was found in the Firefox XMLHttpRequest object. A remote site could use this flaw to gather information about servers on an internal private network. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-2764 to this issue.

Of the Avaya system products impacted by these vulnerabilities only Message Networking and Message Storage Server have Firefox installed.

More information about these vulnerabilities can be found in the security advisory issued by RedHat Linux:

2. Avaya System Products with affected packages installed:

Product:

Affected Version(s):

Risk Level:

Actions:

Avaya Aura™ Application Enablement Services 4.x, 5.x Low Upgrade to Application Enablement Services 6.1 or later.
Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager 6.0.x Low Upgrade to Communication Manager 6.2 or later.
Avaya Aura™ Conferencing Standard Edition 6.0 None Firefox is not installed by default.
Avaya Intuity AUDIX LX 2.0 including 2.0 SP1 and SP2 Low See recommended actions below. This advisory will not be addressed as no further releases are planned.
Avaya IQ 5.1 and earlier Low Upgrade to IQ 5.2 or later.
Avaya Message Networking 5.2.2 and earlier Low Upgrade to Message Networking 5.2.3 or later.
Avaya Message Storage Server 4.x, 5.2 thru 5.2.9 Low Upgrade to Message Storage Server 5.2.10 or later.
Avaya Aura™ Presence Services 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1 Low Upgrade to Presence Services 6.1.2 or later.
Avaya Aura™ Session Manager 1.1, 5.2.x, 6.0.x, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2 Low Upgrade to Session Manager 6.1.3 or later.
Avaya Aura™ System Manager 6.1 and earlier Low Upgrade to System Manager 6.1.1 or later.
Avaya Aura™ System Platform 6.0 including SP2 and earlier Low Upgrade to System Platform 6.0 SP3 or later.
Avaya Voice Portal 5.0.x, 5.1, 5.1.1 Low Upgrade to Voice Portal 5.1.2 or later.

Recommended Actions for System Products:
Avaya strongly recommends that customers follow networking and security best practices by implementing firewalls, ACLs, physical security or other appropriate access restrictions. Though Avaya believes such restrictions should always be in place; risk to Avaya's product and the surrounding network from this potential vulnerability may be mitigated by ensuring these practices are implemented until such time as a product update is available or the recommended action is applied. Further restrictions as deemed necessary based on the customer's security policies may be required during this interim period.

3. Avaya Software-Only Products:

Avaya software-only products operate on general-purpose operating systems. Occasionally vulnerabilities may be discovered in the underlying operating system or applications that come with the operating system. These vulnerabilities often do not impact the software-only product directly but may threaten the integrity of the underlying platform.

In the case of this advisory Avaya software-only products are not affected by the vulnerability directly but the underlying Linux platform may be. Customers should determine on which Linux operating system the product was installed and then follow that vendor's guidance.

Product:

Actions:

Avaya Aura™ Application Enablement Services 4.x/5.x Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the AES application.
CVLAN Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the CVLAN application.
Avaya Integrated Management Suite (IMS) Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the IMS application.
Avaya Aura™ Presence Services Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the PS application.
Avaya Aura™ System Manager 1.0 Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the SMGR application.
Voice Portal Depending on the Operating System provided by customers, the affected package may be installed on the underlying Operating System supporting the Voice Portal application.

Recommended Actions for Software-Only Products:
In the event that the affected package is installed, Avaya recommends that customers follow recommended actions supplied by RedHat Linux.

4. Additional Information:

Additional information may also be available via the Avaya support website and through your Avaya account representative. Please contact your Avaya product support representative, or dial 1-800-242-2121, with any questions.

5. Disclaimer:

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6. Revision History:

V 1.0 - October 6, 2010 - Initial Statement issued.
V 2.0 - May 24, 2011 - Changed AES, IQ, MN, SMGR and SP affected versions and actions.
V 3.0 - December 15, 2011 - Changed SM and VP affected versions and actions.
V 4.0 - April 4, 2012 - Changed CM, PS and MSS affected versions and actions, Conferencing risk level and actions, and advisory status to final.

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