Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, or compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32684
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of system information, Exposure of
sensitive information, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions,
or compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA32693
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update firefox").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-9667:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32693:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693/
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