| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to firefox
announced via advisory FEDORA-2005-872.
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance and portability.
Update Information:
An updated firefox package that fixes as security bug is now
available for Fedora Core 3 and Fedora Core 4.
This update has been rated as having critical security
impact by the Fedora Security Response Team.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
A bug was found in the way Firefox processes certain
international domain names. An attacker could create a
specially crafted HTML file, which when viewed by the victim
would cause Firefox to crash or possibly execute arbitrary
code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2871 to this
issue.
Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to this updated
package that contains a backported patch and is not
vulnerable to this issue.
* Fri Sep 9 2005 Christopher Aillon 0:1.0.6-1.2.fc3
- Fix for CVE-2005-2871
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/
This update can also be installed with the Update Agent
you can
launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2005-872
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score:
7.5
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