1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-381-1

USN-381-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Publication date

21 November 2006

Overview

Firefox vulnerabilities

Releases

Details

USN-351-1 fixed a flaw in the verification of PKCS certificate
signatures. Ulrich Kuehn discovered a variant of the original attack
which the original fix did not cover. (CVE-2006-5462)

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. (CVE-2006-5463,
CVE-2006-5464, CVE-2006-5747, CVE-2006-5748)

USN-351-1 fixed a flaw in the verification of PKCS certificate
signatures. Ulrich Kuehn discovered a variant of the original attack
which the original fix did not cover. (CVE-2006-5462)

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. (CVE-2006-5463,
CVE-2006-5464, CVE-2006-5747, CVE-2006-5748)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.06 dapper firefox –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.6.06
firefox-dev –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.6.06
libnss-dev –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.6.06
libnss3 –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.6.06
libnspr-dev –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.6.06
libnspr4 –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.6.06
5.10 breezy firefox-dev –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.5.10
firefox –  1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.8-0ubuntu0.5.10

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