Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for mozilla/mozilla-firefox. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mozilla/mozilla-firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16844
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16844/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for mozilla/mozilla-firefox. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) or to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA16764
SOLUTION:
Mozilla Firefox:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0.6-r7" or later.
Mozilla Suite:
Update to "www-client/mozilla-1.7.11-r3" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-11.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16764:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16764/
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