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Red Hat RHSA-2005:586-01 Critical Firefox Browser Issue

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest Red Hat Firefox update significantly enhances user security and performance, addressing vulnerabilities that threaten data and stability, with improved encryption and speed.
An updated firefox package that fixes various security bugs 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 (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

163069 - CAN-2005-1937 multiple firefox security issues (CAN-2005-2260 CAN-2005-2261 CAN-2005-2262 CAN-2005-2263 CAN-2005-2264 CAN-2005-2265 CAN-2005-2266 CAN-2005-2267 CAN-2005-2268 CAN-2005-2269 CAN-2005-2270)


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 58452d0748de0ee8c4eb95bb94e205fa firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.src.rpm

i386: a573396480cf9cca90721ecbdeafb10e firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.i386.rpm

ia64: cce285eeea2a5030dc5f3825e5ebb7a0 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.ia64.rpm

ppc: 80c6ec042d1c769158d8910c8ed77a4b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.ppc.rpm

s390: 13ade70330982cb475bc067626b10a6b firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.s390.rpm

s390x: 0542190e1e19ae9366138c198b3a5d2c firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64: fe91ccf88f5d99475078a16520937047 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 58452d0748de0ee8c4eb95bb94e205fa firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.src.rpm

i386: a573396480cf9cca90721ecbdeafb10e firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: fe91ccf88f5d99475078a16520937047 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 58452d0748de0ee8c4eb95bb94e205fa firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.src.rpm

i386: a573396480cf9cca90721ecbdeafb10e firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.i386.rpm

ia64: cce285eeea2a5030dc5f3825e5ebb7a0 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64: fe91ccf88f5d99475078a16520937047 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 58452d0748de0ee8c4eb95bb94e205fa firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.src.rpm

i386: a573396480cf9cca90721ecbdeafb10e firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.i386.rpm

ia64: cce285eeea2a5030dc5f3825e5ebb7a0 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64: fe91ccf88f5d99475078a16520937047 firefox-1.0.6-1.4.1.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 red hat firefox web security important update browser issue

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1937 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2265 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2266 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2267 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2268 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2270

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:586-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:586.html
Issue date: 2005-07-21
Updated on: 2005-07-21
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat firefox web security important update browser issue

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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