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Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner
Secunia Advisory: SA32721
Release Date: 2008-11-14
Popularity: 1,438 views

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

OS:Fedora 9

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-0017
CVE-2008-4582
CVE-2008-5014
CVE-2008-5015
CVE-2008-5016
CVE-2008-5017
CVE-2008-5018
CVE-2008-5019
CVE-2008-5021
CVE-2008-5022
CVE-2008-5023
CVE-2008-5024


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for firefox and xulrunner. 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:
SA32192
SA32713

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

Original Advisory:
FEDORA-2008-9669:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor...-announce/2008-November/msg00386.html

Other References:
SA32192:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32192/

SA32713:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713/


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