Fedora update for firefox, seamonkey, and gtkmozembedmm
Secunia Advisory: SA28939
Release Date: 2008-02-13
Popularity: 3,516 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 8

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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


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

For more information:
SA28758
SA28815

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

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-February/msg00380.html

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

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


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