Secunia Security Advisory - rPath has issued an update for firefox and thunderbird. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
rPath update for firefox and thunderbird
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26179
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26179/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, Spoofing, Exposure of sensitive information,
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10614/
DESCRIPTION:
rPath has issued an update for firefox and thunderbird. This fixes
some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose potentially sensitive information, conduct cross-site
scripting and spoofing attacks, and potentially compromise a user's
system.
For more information:
SA25990
SA26095
SOLUTION:
Update to:
firefox=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.5.0.12-0.2-1
thunderbird=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.5.0.12-0.2-1
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-July/000216.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25990:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25990/
SA26095:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26095/
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