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Fedora update for firefox
Secunia Advisory: SA30949
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Release Date: 2008-07-07
Popularity: 2,009 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Cross Site Scripting
Spoofing
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora 8
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CVE reference:CVE-2008-2798
CVE-2008-2799
CVE-2008-2800
CVE-2008-2801
CVE-2008-2802
CVE-2008-2803
CVE-2008-2805
CVE-2008-2807
CVE-2008-2808
CVE-2008-2809
CVE-2008-2810
CVE-2008-2811
Description:
Fedora has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, or potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA30911

Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update firefox").

Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html

Other References:
SA30911:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30911/

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