Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some vulnerabilities and a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), conduct cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for firefox
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18706
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18706/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access, DoS, Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for firefox. This fixes some
vulnerabilities and a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious
people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), conduct cross-site
scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA17934
SA18700
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0200.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17934:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17934/
SA18700:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18700/
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