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TITLE:
Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42056

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-11-02

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for firefox and xulrunner. This fixes
multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks,
and potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA41244
SA41975

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update firefox
xulrunner").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-16885:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050153.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050156.html

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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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