Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Sep09 (Linux)

Summary
The host is installed with Firefox browser and is prone to multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a vulnerable application to crash. Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.0.14 or later http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
Insight
- Multiple errors in the browser and JavaScript engines can be exploited to corrupt memory. - The warning dialog displayed when adding or removing security modules via 'pkcs11.addmodule' or 'pkcs11.deletemodule' does not contain enough information. This can be exploited to potentially trick a user into installing a malicious PKCS11 module.
Affected
Mozilla Firefox version prior to 3.0.14 on Linux.
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