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Fedora: 2009-6411 Moderate: Kazehakase Browser Security Fixes

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.11, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/ Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuild against new version of Firefox / XULRunner.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-6411 2009-06-15 22:07:28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : kazehakase Product : Fedora 9 Version : 0.5.6 Release : 4.fc9.3 URL : Summary : Kazehakase browser using Gecko rendering engine Description : Kazehakase is a Web browser which aims to provide a user interface that is truly user-friendly & fully customizable. This package uses Gecko for HTML rendering engine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.0.11, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.0/ Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuild against new version of Firefox / XULRunner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Jun 11 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.5.6-4.3 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Mon Apr 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.5.6-4.2 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Tue Apr 21 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.5.6-4.1 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Apr 17 2009 Mamoru Tasaka - 0.5.6-4 - Prevent crash even if no modules are installed (related to bug 444569) - Embed Vendor version information * Sun Apr 12 2009 Mamoru Tasaka - 0.5.6-3 - Fix crash when kazehakase-webkit only is installed (bug 444569) - Fix Group tag (bug 486452) * Fri Mar 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.5.6-1.5 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Mar 6 2009 Jan Horak - 0.5.6-1.4 -Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Feb 4 2009 Christopher Aillon - 0.5.6-1.3 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Dec 17 2008 Christopher Aillon - 0.5.6-1.2 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Wed Nov 12 2008 Christopher Aillon - 0.5.6-1.1 - Rebuild against newer gecko * Fri Oct 31 2008 Mamoru Tasaka - 0.5.6-1 - 0.5.6 - -UGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED hack removed (hack introduced in upstream) * Wed Sep 24 2008 Christopher Aillon - Rebuild against newer gecko (F-9/8) * Tue Aug 5 2008 Mamoru Tasaka - Try rev. 3509 * Wed Jul 30 2008 Mamoru Tasaka - 0.5.5-1 - 0.5.5 * Sat Jul 19 2008 Mamoru Tasaka - 0.5.4-7.svn3506_trunk - F-9+: relax gecko libs dependency (as GRE_GetGREPathWithProperties properly finds out GRE) - F-10+: add -UGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED temporarily * Tue Jul 15 2008 Christopher Aillon - Rebuild against newer gecko (F-8) * Wed Jul 2 2008 Christopher Aillon - Rebuild against newer gecko (F-8) * Sat Jun 28 2008 Mamoru Tasaka - 0.5.4-6.svn3506_trunk - Try rev 3506 - Workaround for bug 447444 (xulrunner vs hunspell conflict) (F-9+) * Wed Jun 25 2008 Mamoru Tasaka - 0.5.4-5 - Apply xulrunner related patches from debian by Mike Hommey (debian bug 480796, rh bug 402641) This time kazehakase actually works with xulrunner! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #503568 - CVE-2009-1392 Firefox browser engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503568 [ 2 ] Bug #503569 - CVE-2009-1832 Firefox double frame construction flaw https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503569 [ 3 ] Bug #503570 - CVE-2009-1833 Firefox JavaScript engine crashes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503570 [ 4 ] Bug #503573 - CVE-2009-1834 Firefox URL spoofing with invalid unicode characters https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503573 [ 5 ] Bug #503576 - CVE-2009-1835 Firefox Arbitrary domain cookie access by local file: resources https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503576 [ 6 ] Bug #503578 - CVE-2009-1836 Firefox SSL tampering via non-200 responses to proxy CONNECT requests https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503578 [ 7 ] Bug #503579 - CVE-2009-1837 Firefox Race condition while accessing the private data of a NPObject JS wrapper class object https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503579 [ 8 ] Bug #503580 - CVE-2009-1838 Firefox arbitrary code execution flaw https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503580 [ 9 ] Bug #503581 - CVE-2009-1839 Firefox information disclosure flaw https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503581 [ 10 ] Bug #503582 - CVE-2009-1840 Firefox XUL scripts skip some security checks https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503582 [ 11 ] Bug #503583 - CVE-2009-1841 Firefox JavaScript arbitrary code execution https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503583 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update kazehakase' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . A new release of Fedora 9 includes an updated version of Kazehakase, now enhanced for compatibility with Firefox 3.0.11, which incorporates various security improvements and bug corrections.. Fedora Update,kazehakase,Firefox Fixes,Gecko Security. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 15, 2009 •Important Fedora