Fedora 15 : firefox-5.0-1.fc15 / gjs-0.7.14-6.fc15 / gnome-python2-extras-2.25.3-32.fc15 / etc (2011-8627)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55427

Synopsis

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

Description

Update to new upstream Firefox version 5.0, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories :

- http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/fi refox.html#firefox5

See upstream release notes for more information about this new version :

- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0/releasenotes/

This update ALSO contains a change to the GNOME 3 shell's gjs library, to make it use the standalone js package, to reduce risk of regression.

It also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against the new version of Firefox / XULRunner.

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 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd2958bc

http://www.nessus.org/u?deca9805

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676437

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715188

http://www.nessus.org/u?bdc0c331

http://www.nessus.org/u?3a35b15a

http://www.nessus.org/u?b21004fc

http://www.nessus.org/u?dc44064e

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea647456

http://www.nessus.org/u?0604f721

http://www.nessus.org/u?59ee0806

http://www.nessus.org/u?cb144b17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55427

File Name: fedora_2011-8627.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/27/2011

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:gnome-python2-extras, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:js, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mozvoikko, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-gtk2-mozembed, 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: 6/24/2011

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2011-8627