Fedora 14 : firefox-3.6.14-1.fc14 / galeon-2.0.7-37.fc14.1 / gnome-python2-extras-2.25.3-27.fc14.1 / etc (2011-2444)

high Nessus Plugin ID 52540

Synopsis

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

Description

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.6.14, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories :

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#f irefox3.6.14

Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against 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?2f087a83

http://www.nessus.org/u?24c76bd4

http://www.nessus.org/u?b92ff655

http://www.nessus.org/u?815303e1

http://www.nessus.org/u?d26920b5

http://www.nessus.org/u?dfc25add

http://www.nessus.org/u?953db0ea

http://www.nessus.org/u?50daf0f8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 52540

File Name: fedora_2011-2444.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2011

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:galeon, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-python2-extras, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-web-photo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mozvoikko, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-gtk2-mozembed, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xulrunner, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2011

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2011-2444