Gentoo update for mozilla-firefox
Secunia Advisory: SA22195
Release Date: 2006-09-29
Popularity: 6,729 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4253
CVE-2006-4340
CVE-2006-4565
CVE-2006-4566
CVE-2006-4567
CVE-2006-4568
CVE-2006-4569
CVE-2006-4571


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for mozilla-firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), conduct man-in-the-middle, spoofing, and cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA21513
SA21906

Solution:
All Mozilla Firefox users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.7" or later.

All Mozilla Firefox binary package users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.7" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml

Other References:
SA21513:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21513/

SA21906:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21906/


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