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USN124-2 : mozilla-firefox bug fix

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
mozilla-firefox bug fix

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

These remote packages are missing security patches :
- mozilla-firefox
- mozilla-firefox-dev
- mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector
- mozilla-firefox-gnome-support

Description :

USN-124-1 fixed several vulnerabilities of Firefox. After that update,
several users experienced XML errors on various actions like adding
bookmarks (see https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10643).
After installing these new packages and restarting the browser, these
problems should be fixed.

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- mozilla-firefox-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- mozilla-firefox-dev-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- mozilla-firefox-gnome-support-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.2 (Ubuntu 5.04)

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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