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Red Hat update for firefox
Secunia Advisory: SA27797
Release Date: 2007-11-27
Last Update: 2007-11-28
Popularity: 5,085 views

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

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-5947
CVE-2007-5959
CVE-2007-5960


Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes a security issue and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks and potentially to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA27605
SA27725

Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

Changelog:
2007-11-28: Updated criticality.

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1082.html

Other References:
SA27605:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27605/

SA27725:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27725/


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