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Fedora 10: 2009-10981 Critical: Firefox Multiple Issues Update

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The latest iteration of Fedora's gnome-python2-extras addresses vulnerabilities in Firefox 3.0.15, with important advisories outlined for user awareness.
Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.15, 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 3.0.15, 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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Change Log

* Tue Oct 27 2009 Jan Horak - 2.19.1-35 - Rebuild against newer gecko * 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 #530567 - CVE-2009-3380 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530567 [ 2 ] Bug #530569 - CVE-2009-3382 Firefox crashes with evidence of memory corruption https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530569 [ 3 ] Bug #530168 - CVE-2009-3376 Firefox download filename spoofing with RTL override https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530168 [ 4 ] Bug #530167 - CVE-2009-3375 Firefox cross-origin data theft through document.getSelection() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530167 [ 5 ] Bug #530162 - CVE-2009-1563 Firefox heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530162 [ 6 ] Bug #530157 - CVE-2009-3374 Firefox chrome privilege escalation in XPCVariant::VariantDataToJS() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530157 [ 7 ] Bug #530156 - CVE-2009-3373 Firefox heap buffer overflow in GIF color m...

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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 .

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Name: gnome-python2-extras
Product: Fedora 10
Version: 2.19.1
Release: 35.fc10
URL: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/pygobject/
Summary: The sources for additional. PyGNOME Python extension modules.

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