Gentoo update for mozilla-firefox
Secunia Advisory: SA16095
Release Date: 2005-07-15
Popularity: 6,050 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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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 spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, and compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA15549
SA15601
SA16043

Solution:
Mozilla Firefox users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.5" or later.

Mozilla Firefox binary users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.5" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-14.xml

Other References:
SA15549:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15549/

SA15601:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15601/

SA16043:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043/


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