--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-3099
2009-03-28 00:57:36
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : firefox
Product     : Fedora 9
Version     : 3.0.8
Release     : 1.fc9
URL         : Summary     : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
Description :
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance and portability.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL
Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.    A memory corruption flaw was
discovered in the way Firefox handles XML files containing an XSLT transform. A
remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1169)    A flaw was
discovered in the way Firefox handles certain XUL garbage collection events. A
remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1044)    This update also
provides depending packages rebuilt against new Firefox version.    Miro updates
to upstream 2.0.3.  Provides new features and fixes various bugs in 1.2.x series
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog:

* Fri Mar 27 2009 Christopher Aillon  - 3.0.8-1
- Update to 3.0.8
* Wed Mar  4 2009 Jan Horak  - 3.0.7-1
- Update to 3.0.7
* Thu Feb 26 2009 Jan Horak  - 3.0.6-2
- Fixed spelling mistake in firefox.sh.in
* Wed Feb  4 2009 Christopher Aillon  - 3.0.6-1
- Update to 3.0.6
* Wed Jan  7 2009 Jan Horak  - 3.0.5-2
- Fixed wrong LANG and LC_MESSAGES variables interpretation (#441973) 
  in startup script.
* Tue Dec 16 2008 Christopher Aillon  3.0.5-1
- Update to 3.0.5
* Thu Nov 13 2008 Jan Horak  3.0.4-2
- Removed firefox-2.0-getstartpage.patch patch 
- Start page is set by different way
* Wed Nov 12 2008 Christopher Aillon  3.0.4-1
- Update to 3.0.4
* Tue Sep 23 2008 Christopher Aillon  3.0.2-1
- Update to 3.0.2
* Wed Jul 16 2008 Christopher Aillon  3.0.1-1
- Update to 3.0.1
* Tue Jun 17 2008 Christopher Aillon  3.0-1
- Firefox 3 Final
* Thu May  8 2008 Colin Walters  3.0-0.61
- Rebuild to pick up new xulrunner (bug #445543)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update firefox' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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Fedora 9 Update: firefox-3.0.8-1.fc9

March 28, 2009
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards

compliance, performance and portability.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL

Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. A memory corruption flaw was

discovered in the way Firefox handles XML files containing an XSLT transform. A

remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute

arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1169) A flaw was

discovered in the way Firefox handles certain XUL garbage collection events. A

remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute

arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1044) This update also

provides depending packages rebuilt against new Firefox version. Miro updates

to upstream 2.0.3. Provides new features and fixes various bugs in 1.2.x series

* Fri Mar 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 3.0.8-1

- Update to 3.0.8

* Wed Mar 4 2009 Jan Horak - 3.0.7-1

- Update to 3.0.7

* Thu Feb 26 2009 Jan Horak - 3.0.6-2

- Fixed spelling mistake in firefox.sh.in

* Wed Feb 4 2009 Christopher Aillon - 3.0.6-1

- Update to 3.0.6

* Wed Jan 7 2009 Jan Horak - 3.0.5-2

- Fixed wrong LANG and LC_MESSAGES variables interpretation (#441973)

in startup script.

* Tue Dec 16 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.5-1

- Update to 3.0.5

* Thu Nov 13 2008 Jan Horak 3.0.4-2

- Removed firefox-2.0-getstartpage.patch patch

- Start page is set by different way

* Wed Nov 12 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.4-1

- Update to 3.0.4

* Tue Sep 23 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.2-1

- Update to 3.0.2

* Wed Jul 16 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.1-1

- Update to 3.0.1

* Tue Jun 17 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0-1

- Firefox 3 Final

* Thu May 8 2008 Colin Walters 3.0-0.61

- Rebuild to pick up new xulrunner (bug #445543)

su -c 'yum update firefox' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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FEDORA-2009-3099 2009-03-28 00:57:36 Product : Fedora 9 Version : 3.0.8 Release : 1.fc9 URL : 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. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. A memory corruption flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles XML files containing an XSLT transform. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1169) A flaw was discovered in the way Firefox handles certain XUL garbage collection events. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash Firefox or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-1044) This update also provides depending packages rebuilt against new Firefox version. Miro updates to upstream 2.0.3. Provides new features and fixes various bugs in 1.2.x series * Fri Mar 27 2009 Christopher Aillon - 3.0.8-1 - Update to 3.0.8 * Wed Mar 4 2009 Jan Horak - 3.0.7-1 - Update to 3.0.7 * Thu Feb 26 2009 Jan Horak - 3.0.6-2 - Fixed spelling mistake in firefox.sh.in * Wed Feb 4 2009 Christopher Aillon - 3.0.6-1 - Update to 3.0.6 * Wed Jan 7 2009 Jan Horak - 3.0.5-2 - Fixed wrong LANG and LC_MESSAGES variables interpretation (#441973) in startup script. * Tue Dec 16 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.5-1 - Update to 3.0.5 * Thu Nov 13 2008 Jan Horak 3.0.4-2 - Removed firefox-2.0-getstartpage.patch patch - Start page is set by different way * Wed Nov 12 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.4-1 - Update to 3.0.4 * Tue Sep 23 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.2-1 - Update to 3.0.2 * Wed Jul 16 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0.1-1 - Update to 3.0.1 * Tue Jun 17 2008 Christopher Aillon 3.0-1 - Firefox 3 Final * Thu May 8 2008 Colin Walters 3.0-0.61 - Rebuild to pick up new xulrunner (bug #445543) su -c 'yum update firefox' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce

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Product : Fedora 9
Version : 3.0.8
Release : 1.fc9
URL : Summary : Mozilla Firefox Web browser

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