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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64575
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-811-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9' package(s) announced via the USN-811-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9' package(s) announced via the USN-811-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian discovered that Firefox did not properly display
invalid URLs. If a user were tricked into accessing a malicious website, an
attacker could exploit this to spoof the location bar, such as in a
phishing attack. Furthermore, if the malicious website had a valid SSL
certificate, Firefox would display the spoofed page as trusted.

Affected Software/OS:
'firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2654
BugTraq ID: 35803
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35803
Bugtraq: 20090724 URL spoofing bug involving Firefox's error pages and document.write (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505242/30/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20090727 Re: URL spoofing bug involving Firefox's error pages and document.write (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505265
Debian Security Information: DSA-1873 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1873
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00198.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00261.html
http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/firefoxspoofing.html
http://osvdb.org/56717
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9686
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1431.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022603
http://secunia.com/advisories/36001
http://secunia.com/advisories/36126
http://secunia.com/advisories/36141
http://secunia.com/advisories/36435
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266148-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/811-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2006
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2142
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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