Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for mozilla. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks, manipulate certain data, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for mozilla
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16960
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/16960/
CRITICAL:
Extremely critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Spoofing, Manipulation of data, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 10.0
https://secunia.com/product/4368/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for mozilla. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct spoofing attacks, manipulate certain data, bypass certain
security restrictions, and compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA16846
SA16917
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.12-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.7.12-noarch-1.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.479350
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16846:
https://secunia.com/advisories/16846/
SA16917:
https://secunia.com/advisories/16917/
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