| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2010:0501.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.
For details on the security issues addressed in this update,
please visit the referenced security advisories.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security
advisories for Firefox 3.6.4. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories
in the References section of this erratum.
This erratum upgrades Firefox from version 3.0.19 to version 3.6.4. Due to
the requirements of Firefox 3.6.4, this erratum also provides a number of
other updated packages, including esc, totem, and yelp.
This erratum also contains multiple bug fixes and numerous enhancements.
Space precludes documenting these changes in this advisory. For details
concerning these changes, refer to the Firefox Release Notes links in the
References section of this erratum.
Important: Firefox 3.6.4 is not completely backwards-compatible with all
Mozilla Add-ons and Firefox plug-ins that worked with Firefox 3.0.19.
Firefox 3.6 checks compatibility on first-launch, and, depending on the
individual configuration and the installed Add-ons and plug-ins, may
disable said Add-ons and plug-ins, or attempt to check for updates and
upgrade them. Add-ons and plug-ins may have to be manually updated.
All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Firefox version 3.6.4. After installing the update, Firefox must be
restarted for the changes to take effect.
Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0501.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
http://mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.4/releasenotes/
http://mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6/releasenotes/
http://mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox35.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.6.4
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
10.0
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