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Fedora update for firefox, seamonkey, gtkmozembedmm, and Miro
Secunia Advisory: SA28924
Release Date: 2008-02-13
Last Update: 2008-02-14
Popularity: 4,245 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:Fedora 7

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-0412
CVE-2008-0413
CVE-2008-0414
CVE-2008-0415
CVE-2008-0417
CVE-2008-0418
CVE-2008-0419
CVE-2008-0591
CVE-2008-0592
CVE-2008-0593
CVE-2008-0594


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for firefox, seamonkey, gtkmozembedmm, and Miro. This fixes some vulnerabilities and weaknesses, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, conduct spoofing attacks, or to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA28758
SA28815

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update firefox seamonkey gtkmozembedmm Miro").

Changelog:
2008-02-14: Added seamonkey as affected package. Added link to Fedora Update Notification and added SA28815 as reference.

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00276.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00284.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00518.html

Other References:
SA28758:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28758/

SA28815:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28815/


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