A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Seamonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200610-04
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Seamonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 16, 2006
Bugs: #147651
ID: 200610-04
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Synopsis
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The Seamonkey project has reported multiple security vulnerabilities in
the application.
Background
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The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver
production-quality releases of code derived from the application
formerly known as 'Mozilla Application Suite'.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/seamonkey < 1.0.5 >= 1.0.5
Description
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A number of vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in Seamonkey. For
details please consult the references below.
Impact
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The most severe vulnerability involves enticing a user to visit a
malicious website, crashing the application and executing arbitrary
code with the rights of the user running Seamonkey.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Seamonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-1.0.5"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-4253
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4253
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-4565
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4565
[ 3 ] CVE-2006-4566
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4566
[ 4 ] CVE-2006-4568
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4568
[ 5 ] CVE-2006-4570
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4570
[ 6 ] CVE-2006-4571
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4571
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
