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USN-398-4: Firefox regression

27 January 2007

Firefox regression

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Details

USN-398-2 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox 1.5. However, when
auto-filling saved-password login forms without a username field,
Firefox would crash. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

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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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 6.06
  • firefox - 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.6.06.1
Ubuntu 5.10
  • firefox - 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.9-0ubuntu0.5.10.1

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