Fedora Core 5 Update: firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5
Summary
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance and portability.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processes
certain malformed Javascript code. A malicious web page
could cause the execution of Javascript code in such a way
that could cause Firefox to crash or execute arbitrary code
as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-5463, CVE-2006-5747,
CVE-2006-5748)
Several flaws were found in the way Firefox renders web
pages. A malicious web page could cause the browser to crash
or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running
Firefox. (CVE-2006-5464)
Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to this update,
which contains Firefox version 1.5.0.8 that corrects these
issues.
- Update to 1.5.0.8
- Fix up a few items in the download manager
- Use the bullet character for password fields.
- Add pango printing patch from Behdad.
* Wed Sep 13 2006 Christopher Aillon
- Update to 1.5.0.7
- Bring in pango patches from rawhide to fix MathML and cursor positioning
* Tue Aug 8 2006 Jesse Keating
- Use dist tag
- rebuild
* Thu Aug 3 2006 Kai Engert
- Update to 1.5.0.6
* Thu Jul 27 2006 Christopher Aillon
- Update to 1.5.0.5
* Wed Jun 14 2006 Kai Engert
- Force "gmake -j1" on ppc ppc64 s390 s390x
* Mon Jun 12 2006 Kai Engert
- Firefox 1.5.0.4
b8d3fca6c30bf410c74a4dca8cc85c6fcbf30e4a SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.src.rpm
b8d3fca6c30bf410c74a4dca8cc85c6fcbf30e4a noarch/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.src.rpm
c26fe331a598955189ea3e452bacc4f044eb5c34 ppc/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.ppc.rpm
faa991ef07e67828f24306773c73181184cc1488 ppc/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.ppc.rpm
74fc091227fa98163013d436982dbb4d02f8842c x86_64/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm
669fdce7d244158cbe9c54edb0bd5ea61662144a x86_64/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm
0591cb8aa48870f4d3aa5606c2a2bd6d523df24a i386/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.i386.rpm
9ddc8e80fcac191ee926c063c097117662ec5b7b i386/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.i386.rpm
This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at .
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FEDORA-2006-1199 2006-11-08 Name : firefox Version : 1.5.0.8 Release : 1.fc5 Summary : Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Description : Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. Several flaws were found in the way Firefox processes certain malformed Javascript code. A malicious web page could cause the execution of Javascript code in such a way that could cause Firefox to crash or execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-5463, CVE-2006-5747, CVE-2006-5748) Several flaws were found in the way Firefox renders web pages. A malicious web page could cause the browser to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2006-5464) Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to this update, which contains Firefox version 1.5.0.8 that corrects these issues. - Update to 1.5.0.8 - Fix up a few items in the download manager - Use the bullet character for password fields. - Add pango printing patch from Behdad. * Wed Sep 13 2006 Christopher Aillon - 1.5.0.7-1 - Update to 1.5.0.7 - Bring in pango patches from rawhide to fix MathML and cursor positioning * Tue Aug 8 2006 Jesse Keating - 1.5.0.6-2 - Use dist tag - rebuild * Thu Aug 3 2006 Kai Engert - 1.5.0.6-1.1.fc5 - Update to 1.5.0.6 * Thu Jul 27 2006 Christopher Aillon - 1.5.0.5-1.1.fc5 - Update to 1.5.0.5 * Wed Jun 14 2006 Kai Engert - 1.5.0.4-1.2.fc5 - Force "gmake -j1" on ppc ppc64 s390 s390x * Mon Jun 12 2006 Kai Engert - 1.5.0.4-1.1.fc5 - Firefox 1.5.0.4 b8d3fca6c30bf410c74a4dca8cc85c6fcbf30e4a SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.src.rpm b8d3fca6c30bf410c74a4dca8cc85c6fcbf30e4a noarch/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.src.rpm c26fe331a598955189ea3e452bacc4f044eb5c34 ppc/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.ppc.rpm faa991ef07e67828f24306773c73181184cc1488 ppc/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.ppc.rpm 74fc091227fa98163013d436982dbb4d02f8842c x86_64/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm 669fdce7d244158cbe9c54edb0bd5ea61662144a x86_64/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.x86_64.rpm 0591cb8aa48870f4d3aa5606c2a2bd6d523df24a i386/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.i386.rpm 9ddc8e80fcac191ee926c063c097117662ec5b7b i386/firefox-1.5.0.8-1.fc5.i386.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at . Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce
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