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Gentoo update for mozilla/firefox
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15002
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Release Date:
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2005-04-19
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Popularity:
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5,741 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Cross Site Scripting
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0989
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Description:
Gentoo has issued updates for mozilla and firefox. These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information, and compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA14820
SA14821
SA14938
SA14992
Solution:
Mozilla Firefox users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.3" or later.
Mozilla Firefox binary users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.3" or later.
Mozilla Suite users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-1.7.7" or later.
Mozilla Suite binary users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-bin-1.7.7" or later.
Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
Other References:
SA14820:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14820/
SA14821:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14821/
SA14938:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938/
SA14992:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992/
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