Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-398-2)
High Nessus Plugin ID 27985
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
Description
USN-398-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox 2.0. This update provides the corresponding updates for Firefox 1.5.
Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript or SVG. (CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6504)
Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to bypass Firefox's internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript. (CVE-2006-6503).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.