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Gentoo update for mozilla-firefox
Secunia Advisory: SA23287
Release Date: 2006-12-11
Popularity: 6,876 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Cross Site Scripting
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5462
CVE-2006-5463
CVE-2006-5464
CVE-2006-5747
CVE-2006-5748


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for mozilla-firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA22722

Solution:
All Mozilla Firefox users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.8" or later.

All Mozilla Firefox binary users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.8" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200612-07.xml

Other References:
SA22722:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22722/


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