rPSA-2007-0225-3 firefox thunderbird

[rPath Update Announcements]

rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0225-3
Published: 2007-10-26
Updated:
    2007-10-29 added thunderbird update
    2007-10-31 corrected file permissions in firefox
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect User Deterministic Unauthorized Access
Updated Versions:
    firefox=conary.rpath.com at rpl:1/2.0.0.8-0.2-1
    thunderbird=conary.rpath.com at rpl:1/2.0.0.6-0.2-1

rPath Issue Tracking System:
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1884

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2894
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1095
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2292
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3511
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5334
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5337
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5338
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5339
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5340

Description:
    Previous versions of the firefox package are vulnerable to several
    types of attacks, some of which are understood to allow compromised
    or malicious sites to run arbitrary code as the user running firefox.
    
    29 October 2007 Update: related vulnerabilities have also been fixed
    in the thunderbird package.
    
    31 October 2007 Update: corrected some file permissions in the
    firefox update.

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0225

Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html