Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, disclose sensitive information, and potentially to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26149
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26149/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, Spoofing, Exposure of sensitive information,
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 11.0
http://secunia.com/product/13491/
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DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct spoofing and cross-site scripting attacks, disclose sensitive
information, and potentially to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA26095
SA25990
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/extra/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.5/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.5-i686-1.tgz
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26095:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26095/
SA25990:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25990/
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