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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / current : Mozilla/Firefox (SSA:2005-269-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19866

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New Mozilla and Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix security issues: MFSA 2005-59 Command-line handling on Linux allows shell execution MFSA 2005-58 Firefox 1.0.7 / Mozilla Suite 1.7.12 Vulnerability Fixes MFSA 2005-57 IDN heap overrun using soft-hyphens

Solution

Update the affected mozilla, mozilla-firefox and / or mozilla-plugins packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9101c648

http://www.nessus.org/u?7f20085f

http://www.nessus.org/u?29d9e47c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19866

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-269-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mozilla, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mozilla-firefox, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:mozilla-plugins, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2005

Reference Information

SSA: 2005-269-01