Secunia Security Advisory - rPath has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
rPath update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31261
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31261/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10614/
DESCRIPTION:
rPath has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security
restrictions, and compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA30761
SA31120
SOLUTION:
Update to:
firefox=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.0.16-0.1-1
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30761:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30761/
SA31120:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31120/
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