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Red Hat: RHSA-2006:0200-01 Critical: Firefox Security Issue

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Latest Firefox release resolves significant security vulnerabilities in Red Hat systems. Users impacted should consider immediate upgrade.
An updated firefox package that fixes several security bugs is now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

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 (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

179171 - CVE-2005-4134 Very long topic history.dat DoS 179173 - CVE-2006-0292 javascript unrooted access 179175 - CVE-2006-0296 XULDocument.persist() RDF data injection


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 148dd8bbaba85e70c6a05966e227b9fd firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.src.rpm

i386: cdb90ac4fe4ea60046932066dbc5f7f8 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: d544e64b8393fbffabd9bace92e4e481 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.ia64.rpm

ppc: 0f131aaad99f69b3a887e934a049b6bb firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.ppc.rpm

s390: e62769654343ed7e9630f77c637cb20a firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.s390.rpm

s390x: 6a50c3d666f51e3bcf6c633e66b4606f firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 4da2ae90595cd5371f85ab03582e27c9 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 148dd8bbaba85e70c6a05966e227b9fd firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.src.rpm

i386: cdb90ac4fe4ea60046932066dbc5f7f8 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.i386.rpm

x86_64: 4da2ae90595cd5371f85ab03582e27c9 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 148dd8bbaba85e70c6a05966e227b9fd firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.src.rpm

i386: cdb90ac4fe4ea60046932066dbc5f7f8 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: d544e64b8393fbffabd9bace92e4e481 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 4da2ae90595cd5371f85ab03582e27c9 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 148dd8bbaba85e70c6a05966e227b9fd firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.src.rpm

i386: cdb90ac4fe4ea60046932066dbc5f7f8 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: d544e64b8393fbffabd9bace92e4e481 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 4da2ae90595cd5371f85ab03582e27c9 firefox-1.0.7-1.4.3.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 issue Red Hat update critical firefox

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4134 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0292 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0296

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0200-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0200.html
Issue date: 2006-02-02
Updated on: 2006-02-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat update 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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