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Gentoo update for firefox, seamonkey, and xulrunner
Secunia Advisory: SA27665
Release Date: 2007-11-13
Popularity: 4,785 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Spoofing
Manipulation of data
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-2007-1095
CVE-2007-2292
CVE-2007-5334
CVE-2007-5335
CVE-2007-5337
CVE-2007-5338
CVE-2007-5339
CVE-2007-5340


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for firefox, seamonkey, and xulrunner. This fixes some vulnerabilities and a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, conduct phishing attacks, manipulate certain data, and potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA27311

Solution:
All firefox users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.9" or later.

All firefox binary users:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-2.0.0.9" or later.

All seamonkey users:
Update to "www-client/seamonkey-1.1.6" or later.

All seamonkey binary users:
Update to "www-client/seamonkey-bin-1.1.6" or later.

All xulrunner users:
Update to "net-libs/xulrunner-1.8.1.9" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-14.xml

Other References:
SA27311:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311/


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