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Red Hat: RHSA-2005:768-01 Critical: Firefox Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 resolves a firefox vulnerability impacting browser functionality. Upgrade advised.
An updated firefox package that fixes as security bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

167930 - CAN-2005-2871 Firefox buffer overflow


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 8aa01f9cb442093b6d1f37a637130613 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.src.rpm

i386: bbbae2299ecaad24abaa13d4c773402b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.i386.rpm

ia64: 488e71f4d6c953f45fd6d58a680b5298 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.ia64.rpm

ppc: 37510d0d186d37df07b40d0f9386624b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.ppc.rpm

s390: 01a95a128cdd4bef268880e7fc9297fe firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.s390.rpm

s390x: 4f14cc8c8fadd5147a0c942b126bc84b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 37e79e5af0f174711bc83475977c11d4 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 8aa01f9cb442093b6d1f37a637130613 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.src.rpm

i386: bbbae2299ecaad24abaa13d4c773402b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.i386.rpm

x86_64: 37e79e5af0f174711bc83475977c11d4 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 8aa01f9cb442093b6d1f37a637130613 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.src.rpm

i386: bbbae2299ecaad24abaa13d4c773402b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.i386.rpm

ia64: 488e71f4d6c953f45fd6d58a680b5298 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 37e79e5af0f174711bc83475977c11d4 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 8aa01f9cb442093b6d1f37a637130613 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.src.rpm

i386: bbbae2299ecaad24abaa13d4c773402b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.i386.rpm

ia64: 488e71f4d6c953f45fd6d58a680b5298 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 37e79e5af0f174711bc83475977c11d4 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.2.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow red hat critical firefox

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2871

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:768-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:768.html
Issue date: 2005-09-09
Updated on: 2005-09-09
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow red hat critical firefox

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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