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Ubuntu USN-728-2 (firefox)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to firefox announced via advisory USN-728-2.
Insight
Insight
Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered flaws in the browser engine. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774) Georgi Guninski discovered a flaw when Firefox performed a cross-domain redirect. An attacker could bypass the same-origin policy in Firefox by utilizing nsIRDFService and steal private data from users authenticated to the redirected website. (CVE-2009-0776)
Solution
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: firefox 2.0.0.21~tb.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-728-2