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Gentoo: GLSA 202311-15 Important: Mozilla Firefox Several Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2005
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Serious vulnerabilities in both the Mozilla Suite and Firefox can potentially lead to unauthorized code execution; ensure that you update to the most recent versions to enhance security.
This advisory was originally released to fix the heap overflow in IDN headers

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [UPDATE] GLSA 200509-11:02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: September 18, 2005 Updated: September 29, 2005 Bugs: #105396 ID: 200509-11:02

Update ===== This advisory was originally released to fix the heap overflow in IDN headers. However, the official fixed release included several other security fixes as well.
The updated sections appear below.
Synopsis ======= Mozilla Suite and Firefox are vulnerable to multiple issues, including some that might be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background ========= The Mozilla Suite is a popular all-in-one web browser that includes a mail and news reader. Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation browser from the Mozilla project. Gecko is the layout engine used in both products.
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