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Gentoo update for mozilla-firefox / mozilla-firefox-bin
Secunia Advisory: SA19759
Release Date: 2006-04-24
Popularity: 7,819 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-4134
CVE-2006-0292
CVE-2006-0296
CVE-2006-0748
CVE-2006-0749
CVE-2006-1727
CVE-2006-1728
CVE-2006-1729
CVE-2006-1730
CVE-2006-1731
CVE-2006-1732
CVE-2006-1733
CVE-2006-1734
CVE-2006-1735
CVE-2006-1736
CVE-2006-1737
CVE-2006-1738
CVE-2006-1739
CVE-2006-1740
CVE-2006-1741
CVE-2006-1742
CVE-2006-1790


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for mozilla-firefox / mozilla-firefox-bin. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and phishing attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA17934
SA18700
SA19631

Solution:
Mozilla Firefox users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.8" or later.

Mozilla Firefox binary users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0.8" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml

Other References:
SA17934:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17934/

SA18700:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18700/

SA19631:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631/


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