Fedora 16 : firefox-7.0-1.fc16 / mozvoikko-1.9.0-8.fc16 / xulrunner-7.0-1.fc16 (2011-13422)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56369

Synopsis

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

Description

Update to new upstream Firefox version 7.0, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories :

- http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/fi refox.html#firefox7

This update 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 firefox, mozvoikko and / or xulrunner packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?310e1288

http://www.nessus.org/u?3c844329

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff1c0a57

http://www.nessus.org/u?4d9afa7b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56369

File Name: fedora_2011-13422.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2011

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:mozvoikko, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xulrunner, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2011

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2011-13422