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Ubuntu: Minor gnome-python3-tools Upgrade for Firefox 4.0.1

fedora
Calendar Grey October 28, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The updated version of gnome-python2-extras improves stability and functionality for Fedora, addressing several bugs in Firefox 3.5.4.
Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.5.4, 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 3.5.4, 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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security advisory Fedora Firefox medium gnome-python2-extras

Change Log

* Tue Oct 27 2009 Jan Horak - 2.25.3-8 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Sep 9 2009 Jan Horak - 2.25.3-7 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Mon Aug 3 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.25.3-6 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Jul 17 2009 Jan Horak - 2.25.3-5 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Tue Jun 30 2009 Christopher Aillon - 2.25.3-4 - 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 #530168 - CVE-2009-3376 Firefox download filename spoofing with RTL override https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530168 [ 3 ] Bug #530167 - CVE-2009-3375 Firefox cross-origin data theft through document.getSelection() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530167 [ 4 ] Bug #530162 - CVE-2009-1563 Firefox heap buffer overflow in string to number conversion https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530162 [ 5 ] Bug #530157 - CVE-2009-3374 Firefox chrome privilege escalation in XPCVariant::VariantDataToJS() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530157 [ 6 ] Bug #530156 - CVE-2009-3373 Firefox heap buffer overflow in GIF color map parser https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530156 [ 7 ] Bug #530155 - CVE-2009-3372 Firefox crash in proxy auto-configuration...

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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 11
Version: 2.25.3
Release: 8.fc11
URL: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/pygobject/
Summary: The sources for additional. PyGNOME Python extension modules

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