Summary
The remote host is missing an update to firefox
announced via advisory USN-717-3.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614j-0ubuntu1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-717-3
Insight
Kojima Hajime discovered that Firefox did not properly handle an escaped null character. An attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to bypass script sanitization. (CVE-2008-5510)
Wladimir Palant discovered that Firefox did not restrict access to cookies in HTTP response headers. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, a remote attacker could view sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0357)
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2009-0357 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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