Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, gain knowledge of sensitive information, and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24290
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Spoofing, Exposure of
sensitive information, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting and
spoofing attacks, gain knowledge of sensitive information, and
potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA24205
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24205:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205/
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