| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to firefox
announced via advisory USN-398-1.
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.10
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
Details follow:
Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute
arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening
a malicious web page containing JavaScript or SVG. (CVE-2006-6497,
CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502,
CVE-2006-6504)
Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to bypass
Firefox's internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a
malicious web page containing JavaScript. (CVE-2006-6503,
CVE-2006-6507)
Jared Breland discovered that the Feed Preview feature could leak
referrer information to remote servers. (CVE-2006-6506)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.10:
firefox 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
firefox-dev 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
libnspr-dev 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
libnspr4 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
libnss-dev 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
libnss3 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect
the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-398-1
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
9.3
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