Bug 168740 - CAN-2005-2968 Firefox improper command line URL sanitization
Summary: CAN-2005-2968 Firefox improper command line URL sanitization
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: firefox
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Christopher Aillon
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-09-19 21:55 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-785
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-09-22 20:15:00 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:785 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: firefox security update 2005-09-22 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2005-09-19 21:55:11 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #168737 +++

Upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185

The URL passed to firefox on the command line does not properly escape dangerous
characters before handing the URL to the shell.
Comment 1 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-09-22 20:15:01 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
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