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Fedora 11: 2009-9505 Critical: Firefox 3.5.3 Crash Issues

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The recent upgrade to Firefox version 3.5.3 on Fedora 11 introduces various security enhancements and optimizes overall functionality and reliability.
Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.5.3, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/...

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards

compliance, performance and portability.

Update Information:

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.5.3, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.5/ Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against new version of Firefox / XULRunner.

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Change Log

* Mon Sep 7 2009 Jan Horak - 3.5.3-1 - Updated to 3.5.3. * Thu Aug 6 2009 Martin Stransky - 3.5.2-3 - Fix for #437596 - Firefox needs to register proper name for session restore. * Mon Aug 3 2009 Martin Stransky - 3.5.2-2 - Updated to 3.5.2. * Fri Jul 24 2009 Jan Horak - 3.5.1-3 - Adjust icons cache update according to template * Wed Jul 22 2009 Jan Horak - 3.5.1-2 - New icons fixed * Fri Jul 17 2009 Martin Stransky - 3.5.1-1 - Updated to 3.5.1. * Tue Jul 7 2009 Jan Horak - 3.5-2 - Updated icon * Tue Jun 30 2009 Christopher Aillon - 3.5-1 - Firefox 3.5 final release * Tue May 26 2009 Martin Stransky - 3.5-0.21 - fix for #502541 - Firefox version should depend on Xulrunner but does not

References


[ 1 ] Bug #521684 - CVE-2009-3069 Firefox 3.5 browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521684 [ 2 ] Bug #521686 - CVE-2009-3070 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521686 [ 3 ] Bug #521687 - CVE-2009-3071 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521687 [ 4 ] Bug #521688 - CVE-2009-3072 Firefox 3.5.3 3.0.14 browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521688 [ 5 ] Bug #521689 - CVE-2009-3073 Firefox 3.5 JavaScript engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521689 [ 6 ] Bug #521690 - CVE-2009-3074 Firefox 3.5 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521690 [ 7 ] Bug #521691 - CVE-2009-3075 Firefox 3.5.2 3.0.14 JavaScript engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521691 [ 8 ] Bug #521693 - CVE-2009-3077 F...

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Update Instructions

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

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Name: firefox
Product: Fedora 11
Version: 3.5.3
Release: 1.fc11
URL: Summary : Mozilla Firefox Web browser

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