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Fedora 10: FEDORA-2009-9494 Moderate: Firefox Security Flaws

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Resolutions for GNOME Python add-ons in Firefox tailored for Fedora users tackling vital bugs and package dependencies.
Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.14, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities...

Summary

The gnome-python-extra package contains the source packages for additional

Python bindings for GNOME. It should be used together with gnome-python.

Update Information:

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.14, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/ Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against new version of Firefox / XULRunner.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora security fix moderate threat Firefox Python extensions

Change Log

* Wed Sep 9 2009 Jan Horak - 2.19.1-34 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Tue Aug 4 2009 Jan Horak - 2.19.1-33 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Tue Jul 21 2009 Jan Horak - 2.19.1-32 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Thu Jun 11 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.19.1-31 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Mon Apr 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.19.1-30 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Tue Apr 21 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.19.1-29 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Mar 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.19.1-28 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Mar 6 2009 Jan Horak - 2.19.1-27 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Feb 4 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.19.1-26 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Dec 17 2008 Christopher Aillon - 2.19.1-25 - Rebuild against newer gecko

References


[ 1 ] Bug #521686 - CVE-2009-3070 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521686 [ 2 ] Bug #521687 - CVE-2009-3071 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521687 [ 3 ] Bug #521688 - CVE-2009-3072 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521688 [ 4 ] Bug #521690 - CVE-2009-3074 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521690 [ 5 ] Bug #521691 - CVE-2009-3075 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521691 [ 6 ] Bug #521692 - CVE-2009-3076 Firefox 3.0.14 Insufficient warning for PKCS11 module installation and removal https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521692 [ 7 ] Bug #521693 - CVE-2009-3077 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 TreeColumns dangling pointer vulnerability https://bugzilla.r...

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Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update gnome-python2-extras' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: gnome-python2-extras
Product: Fedora 10
Version: 2.19.1
Release: 34.fc10
URL: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/pygobject/
Summary: The sources for additional. PyGNOME Python extension modules.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora security fix moderate threat Firefox Python extensions

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