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MDVA-2009:186 : firefox

high Nessus Plugin ID 47966

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

This is a maintenance and bugfix update for firefox 3.5.x:

* Bug 468562 - ASSERTION: Inserting multiple children without flushing * Bug 521750 - Put a runtime NS_IsMainThread check in nsCycleCollector::Suspect2 and Forget2 * Bug 525326 - Crashes in gif decoder [@ xul.dll@0x348945][@ xul.dll@0x348864][@nsGIFDecoder2::GifWrite(unsigned char const*, unsigned int)] * Bug 525276 - crashes [@ nsDocument::RegisterNamedItems(nsIContent*)] * Bug 524462 - startup crash [@ gfxWindowsFontGroup::WhichFontSupportsChar(nsTArray > const&, unsigned int)]

Additionally, some packages which require so, have been rebuilt and are being provided as updates.

Solution

Update the affected package(s).

See Also

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVA-2009:186

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47966

File Name: mandriva_MDVA-2009-186.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 7/30/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux

Required KB Items: Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2009