Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xulrunner-1.9 announced via advisory USN-798-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
firefox-3.0 3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
abrowser 3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 firefox-3.0 3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2
Ubuntu 9.04:
abrowser 3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 firefox-3.0 3.0.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.12+build1+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-798-1
Insight
Several flaws were discovered in the Firefox browser and JavaScript engines. 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-2009-2462, CVE-2009-2463, CVE-2009-2464, CVE-2009-2465, CVE-2009-2466, CVE-2009-2469)
Attila Suszter discovered a flaw in the way Firefox processed Flash content.
If a user were tricked into viewing and navigating within a specially crafted Flash object, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-2467)
It was discovered that Firefox did not properly handle some SVG content. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-2469)
A flaw was discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this perform cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2009-2472)
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-2462, CVE-2009-2463, CVE-2009-2464, CVE-2009-2465, CVE-2009-2466, CVE-2009-2467, CVE-2009-2469, CVE-2009-2472 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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