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Ubuntu 4.10 : mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities (USN-186-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20598

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

USN-186-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser for Ubuntu 5.04. This update provides fixed packages for Ubuntu 4.10, which was vulnerable to the same issues.

The original advisory is available at

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-186-1

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected mozilla-firefox and / or mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20598

File Name: ubuntu_USN-186-2.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2005

Reference Information

USN: 186-2