Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60878
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-602-1 (firefox)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-602-1 (firefox)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to firefox announced via advisory USN-602-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Flaws were discovered in Firefox which could lead to crashes during JavaScript garbage collection. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker may be able to crash the browser or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2008-1380) Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~ prepatch080417a-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu 6.10: firefox 2.0.0.14+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.6.10 Ubuntu 7.04: firefox 2.0.0.14+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.4 Ubuntu 7.10: firefox 2.0.0.14+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart firefox to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-602-1 Risk factor : Critical
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1380 Bugtraq: 20080508 FLEA-2008-0008-1 firefox (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491838/100/0/threaded https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425576 Debian Security Information: DSA-1555 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1555 Debian Security Information: DSA-1558 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1558 Debian Security Information: DSA-1562 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1562 Debian Security Information: DSA-1696 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00407.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00463.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00058.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00074.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:110 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0222.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0223.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0224.html http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.391769 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:011 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:013 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-602-1 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#441529 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/441529 BugTraq ID: 28818 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28818 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10752 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1251/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019873 http://secunia.com/advisories/29787 http://secunia.com/advisories/29860 http://secunia.com/advisories/29912 http://secunia.com/advisories/29908 http://secunia.com/advisories/29883 http://secunia.com/advisories/29911 http://secunia.com/advisories/29947 http://secunia.com/advisories/29793 http://secunia.com/advisories/29828 http://secunia.com/advisories/30012 http://secunia.com/advisories/30029 http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 http://secunia.com/advisories/31023 http://secunia.com/advisories/31377 http://secunia.com/advisories/30192 http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 XForce ISS Database: mozilla-garbage-code-execution(41857) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41857
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