Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, disclose sensitive information, conduct phishing attacks, manipulate certain data, and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27276
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27276/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, Spoofing, Manipulation of data, Exposure of
sensitive information, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks, disclose sensitive information,
conduct phishing attacks, manipulate certain data, and potentially
compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA25904
SA26288
SA27311
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25904/
SA26288:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26288/
SA27311:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27311/
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