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Gentoo: GLSA-200605-06 Normal: Mozilla Firefox Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey May 6, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The software version Firefox 1.5 from Mozilla contains a critical buffer overflow flaw that may allow for the remote execution of code. It is strongly recommended to update.
The Mozilla Firefox 1.5 line is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the JavaScript extension which may in theory lead to remote execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-06 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Mozilla Firefox: Potential remote code execution Date: May 06, 2006 Bugs: #131138 ID: 200605-06

Synopsis ======= The Mozilla Firefox 1.5 line is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the JavaScript extension which may in theory lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation web browser from the Mozilla project.
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