- Issued:
- 2008-07-25
- Updated:
- 2008-07-25
RHBA-2008:0783 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
firefox bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated firefox package that fixes several bugs is now available.
Description
Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser.
This updated package fixes the following bugs:
- the default "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/" plug-ins directory was ignored.
In this updated, Firefox detects installed plug-ins.
- a spelling mistake in the firefox spec file, which caused "man firefox"
to display an X pixmap image instead of the correct manual page, has been
resolved.
- it was not possible to start Firefox by running the "firefox -g -d gdb"
command. In this updated package, Firefox can be started in a debugger from
the terminal.
- the Firefox start page always redirected to "en-US/index.html", instead
of displaying the correct localized version. The correct localized start
page is now displayed.
Users of firefox are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 456408 - firefox uses wrong plugin directory
- BZ - 456409 - firefox man page is an X pixmap image
- BZ - 456411 - "firefox -g -d gdb" no longer works with firefox 3
- BZ - 456416 - HTML/index.html always redirects to en-US/index.html
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: b64820ff1241eec087fe1086dae9faceb7c4808899925827d113cb43e746d999 |
x86_64 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8e82e792a4e6836431d77f19ced4b246385f02301c46da761a3a6bf8ed731b41 |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8e82e792a4e6836431d77f19ced4b246385f02301c46da761a3a6bf8ed731b41 |
ia64 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 921b1ef0f24b9b602a112bfcb0e69b7245d145e3101ceba531652599841bb439 |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 921b1ef0f24b9b602a112bfcb0e69b7245d145e3101ceba531652599841bb439 |
i386 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d0cc4781eee9a687a949b074f52a9ce0059fe8e403afe3a3ced997d5f9975bcd |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d0cc4781eee9a687a949b074f52a9ce0059fe8e403afe3a3ced997d5f9975bcd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: b64820ff1241eec087fe1086dae9faceb7c4808899925827d113cb43e746d999 |
x86_64 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8e82e792a4e6836431d77f19ced4b246385f02301c46da761a3a6bf8ed731b41 |
ia64 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 921b1ef0f24b9b602a112bfcb0e69b7245d145e3101ceba531652599841bb439 |
i386 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d0cc4781eee9a687a949b074f52a9ce0059fe8e403afe3a3ced997d5f9975bcd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: b64820ff1241eec087fe1086dae9faceb7c4808899925827d113cb43e746d999 |
x86_64 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8e82e792a4e6836431d77f19ced4b246385f02301c46da761a3a6bf8ed731b41 |
i386 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d0cc4781eee9a687a949b074f52a9ce0059fe8e403afe3a3ced997d5f9975bcd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: b64820ff1241eec087fe1086dae9faceb7c4808899925827d113cb43e746d999 |
s390x | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 5b3362c91c33c6bbbe6bbf9539a0b8a34491e849fde2be6507585a4e06438286 |
s390 | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: da36a0e8f18c325daf02e06ed13e2788eede0e982b320b5f17a119aa46ce1134 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: b64820ff1241eec087fe1086dae9faceb7c4808899925827d113cb43e746d999 |
ppc | |
firefox-3.0.1-3.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: aac20bf84007f188f9c38a24e03df027eaee9f3ef56dba21db84c936b03be947 |
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