Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes a security issue and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks and potentially to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27797
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27797/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
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 a security issue
and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people
to conduct cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery
attacks and potentially to compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA27605
SA27725
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1082.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27605:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27605/
SA27725:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27725/
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