Summary
The remote host is missing an update to firefox
announced via advisory USN-728-2.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 7.10:
firefox 2.0.0.21~tb.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-728-2
Insight
Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered flaws in the browser engine.
If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774)
Georgi Guninski discovered a flaw when Firefox performed a cross-domain redirect. An attacker could bypass the same-origin policy in Firefox by utilizing nsIRDFService and steal private data from users authenticated to the redirected website. (CVE-2009-0776)
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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