Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware 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 or potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27845
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27845/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 11.0
http://secunia.com/product/13491/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware 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 or potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA27605
SA27725
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 10.2:
cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905
mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 11.0:
cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905
mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz
Slackware 12.0:
cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905
mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz
Slackware -current package:
cd96366d29238678c2ebeb08ed2be905 mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.10-i686-1.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374833
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27605:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27605/
SA27725:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27725/
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