Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-398-2

USN-398-2: Firefox vulnerabilities

Publication date

3 January 2007

Overview

Firefox vulnerabilities

Releases

6.06 5.10

Details

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)

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 bypass
Firefox’s internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a
malicious web page containing JavaScript. (CVE-2006-6503)

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+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.6.06
	firefox-dev – 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.6.06
	libnss-dev – 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.6.06
	libnss3 – 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.6.06
	libnspr-dev – 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.6.06
	libnspr4 – 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.6.06
5.10 breezy	firefox-dev – 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.5.10
5.10 breezy	firefox – 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.5.10

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