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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: seamonkey security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1440-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1440.html
Issue date: 2011-11-08
CVE Names: CVE-2011-3648
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1. Summary:
Updated seamonkey packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
3. Description:
SeaMonkey is an open source web browser, email and newsgroup client, IRC
chat client, and HTML editor.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way SeaMonkey handled
certain multibyte character sets. A web page containing malicious content
could cause SeaMonkey to run JavaScript code with the permissions of a
different website. (CVE-2011-3648)
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct
this issue. After installing the update, SeaMonkey must be restarted for
the changes to take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
Moderate: seamonkey security update
