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Gentoo update for mozilla-firefox
Secunia Advisory: SA23614
Release Date: 2007-01-05
Popularity: 8,234 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
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-2006-6497
CVE-2006-6498
CVE-2006-6499
CVE-2006-6500
CVE-2006-6501
CVE-2006-6502
CVE-2006-6503
CVE-2006-6504
CVE-2006-6506
CVE-2006-6507


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for mozilla-firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of certain information, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA23282

Solution:
All Mozilla Firefox users should update to:
"www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.9" or later.

All Mozilla Firefox binary users should update to:
"www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.5.0.9" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml

Other References:
SA23282:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282/


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