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Gentoo GLSA 200501-03 Normal: Mozilla Products Multiple Threats

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Explore the security weaknesses discovered in Mozilla applications, focusing on buffer overrun and issues related to temporary file handling.
Various vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla-based products, ranging from a potential buffer overflow and temporary files disclosure to anti-spoofing issues

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities Date: January 05, 2005 Bugs: #76112, #68976, #70749 ID: 200501-03

Synopsis ======= Various vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla-based products, ranging from a potential buffer overflow and temporary files disclosure to anti-spoofing issues.
Background ========= Mozilla is a popular web browser that includes a mail and newsreader. Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird are respectively the next-generation browser and mail client from the Mozilla project.
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