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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70087
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:1242
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2011:1242.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL
Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

It was found that a Certificate Authority (CA) issued a fraudulent HTTPS
certificate. This update renders any HTTPS certificates signed by that
CA as untrusted, except for a select few. The now untrusted certificates
that were issued before July 1, 2011 can be manually re-enabled and used
again at your own risk in Firefox
however, affected certificates issued
after this date cannot be re-enabled or used. (BZ#734316)

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
a backported patch. 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-2011-1242.html

Risk factor : High

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