Fedora 15 : firefox-6.0.2-1.fc15 / gnome-python2-extras-2.25.3-34.fc15 / mozvoikko-1.9.0-7.fc15 / etc (2011-12280)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56155

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The latest version of Firefox and Thunderbird has the following changes :

- Removed trust exceptions for certificates issued by Staat der Nederlanden (see bug mozbz#683449 and the security advisory)

- Resolved an issue with gov.uk websites (see bug mozbz#669792)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56155

File Name: fedora_2011-12280.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/12/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:xulrunner, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-gtk2-mozembed, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mozvoikko, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:thunderbird, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-python2-extras, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:firefox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2011

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2011-12280

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