Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xulrunner-1.9 announced via advisory USN-765-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
abrowser 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
Ubuntu 9.04:
abrowser 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox and any applications that use xulrunner, such as Epiphany, to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-765-1
Insight
It was discovered that the upstream security fixes in USN-764-1 introduced a regression which could cause the browser to crash. 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.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1313 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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