Fedora 15 : firefox-4.0.1-1.fc15 / gjs-0.7.14-3.fc15 / xulrunner-2.0.1-1.fc15 (2011-6317)

high Nessus Plugin ID 53615

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0.1/releasenotes/

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox40.html#f irefox4.0.1

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected firefox, gjs and / or xulrunner packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?12d3777c

http://www.nessus.org/u?6e9b5b8d

http://www.nessus.org/u?594995e0

http://www.nessus.org/u?79073c28

http://www.nessus.org/u?c9e2a44a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53615

File Name: fedora_2011-6317.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gjs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xulrunner, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2011

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2011-6317