Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59181
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-493-1 (firefox)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to firefox announced via advisory USN-493-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: A flaw was discovered in handling of about:blank windows used by addons. A malicious web site could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data (such as passwords), of other web pages. (CVE-2007-3844) Jesper Johansson discovered that spaces and double-quotes were not correctly handled when launching external programs. In rare configurations, after tricking a user into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could execute helpers with arbitrary arguments with the user's privileges. (CVE-2007-3845) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~ prepatch070731-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu 6.10: firefox 2.0.0.6+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 Ubuntu 7.04: firefox 2.0.0.6+1-0ubuntu1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-493-1 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 9.3
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3844 1018479 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018479 1018480 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018480 1018481 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018481 103177 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1 20070801 FLEA-2007-0039-1 firefox http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475265/100/200/threaded 20070803 FLEA-2007-0040-1 thunderbird http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475450/30/5550/threaded 201516 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1 25142 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25142 26234 http://secunia.com/advisories/26234 26258 http://secunia.com/advisories/26258 26288 http://secunia.com/advisories/26288 26303 http://secunia.com/advisories/26303 26309 http://secunia.com/advisories/26309 26331 http://secunia.com/advisories/26331 26335 http://secunia.com/advisories/26335 26393 http://secunia.com/advisories/26393 26460 http://secunia.com/advisories/26460 26572 http://secunia.com/advisories/26572 27276 http://secunia.com/advisories/27276 27298 http://secunia.com/advisories/27298 27325 http://secunia.com/advisories/27325 27326 http://secunia.com/advisories/27326 27327 http://secunia.com/advisories/27327 27356 http://secunia.com/advisories/27356 27414 http://secunia.com/advisories/27414 27680 http://secunia.com/advisories/27680 28135 http://secunia.com/advisories/28135 28363 http://secunia.com/advisories/28363 ADV-2007-3587 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3587 ADV-2007-4256 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256 ADV-2008-0082 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0082 DSA-1344 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1344 DSA-1345 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1345 DSA-1346 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1346 DSA-1391 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1391 FEDORA-2007-2601 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html FEDORA-2007-3431 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html GLSA-200708-09 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-09.xml HPSBUX02153 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 HPSBUX02156 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00774579 MDKSA-2007:152 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152 MDVSA-2007:047 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2007:047 MDVSA-2008:047 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:047 RHSA-2007:0979 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html RHSA-2007:0980 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html RHSA-2007:0981 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html SSA:2007-213-01 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.010101 SSRT061181 SSRT061236 SUSE-SA:2007:057 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html USN-493-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-493-1 USN-503-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-503-1 http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388121 http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-26.html https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1600 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9493 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9493 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3845 25053 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25053 http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389580 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-27.html https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389106
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