Secunia Security Advisory - rPath has issued updates for firefox and thunderbird. These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct man-in-the-middle, spoofing, and cross-site scripting attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
rPath updates for firefox and thunderbird
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21950
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21950/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Spoofing, DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10614/
DESCRIPTION:
rPath has issued updates for firefox and thunderbird. These fix some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct man-in-the-middle, spoofing, and cross-site scripting
attacks, and potentially compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA21906
SA21939
SOLUTION:
Firefox users should update to:
firefox=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.5.0.7-0.1-1
Thunderbird users should update to:
thunderbird=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/1.5.0.7-0.1-1
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21906:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21906/
SA21939:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21939/
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