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Fedora 10 mozvoikko Critical Remote Code Execution Advisory 2009-7961

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2009
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Fedora 10 refreshes bring vital security enhancements to Firefox, improving mozvoikko functionality and restoring packages for enhanced reliability.
Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.12, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities...

Summary

This is mozvoikko, an extension for Mozilla programs for using the Finnish

spell-checker Voikko.

Update Information:

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.12, 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

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Change Log

* Tue Jul 21 2009 Jan Horak - 0.9.5-12 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Thu Jun 11 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.9.5-11 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Mon Apr 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.9.5-10 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Tue Apr 21 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.9.5-9 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Mar 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.9.5-8 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Mar 6 2009 Jan Horak - 0.9.5-7 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Feb 4 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.9.5-6 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Dec 17 2008 Christopher Aillon - 0.9.5-5 - Rebuild against newer gecko

References


[ 1 ] Bug #512131 - CVE-2009-2463 Mozilla Base64 decoding crash https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512131 [ 2 ] Bug #512133 - CVE-2009-2464 Mozilla crash with multiple RDFs in XUL tree https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512133 [ 3 ] Bug #512135 - CVE-2009-2465 Mozilla double frame construction crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512135 [ 4 ] Bug #512128 - CVE-2009-2462 Mozilla Browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512128 [ 5 ] Bug #512136 - CVE-2009-2466 Mozilla JavaScript engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512136 [ 6 ] Bug #512137 - CVE-2009-2467 Mozilla remote code execution during Flash player unloading https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512137 [ 7 ] Bug #512142 - CVE-2009-2469 Mozilla remote code execution using watch and __defineSetter__ on SVG element https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512142 [ 8 ] Bug ...

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Update Instructions

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

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Name: mozvoikko
Product: Fedora 10
Version: 0.9.5
Release: 12.fc10
URL: https://voikko.puimula.org/
Summary: Finnish Voikko spell-checker extension for Mozilla programs

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