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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN134-1 : mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities Vulnerability Assessment Details
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USN134-1 : mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities |
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mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities 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 : It was discovered that a malicious website could inject arbitrary scripts into a target site by loading it into a frame and navigating back to a previous Javascript URL that contained an eval() call. This could be used to steal cookies or other confidential data from the target site. If the target site is permited to raise the install confirmation dialog in Firefox then this flaw even permited the malicious site to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the Firefox user. By default only the Mozilla Update site is permited to attempt software installation however, users can permit this for additional sites. (MFSA 2005-42) Michael Krax, Georgi Guninski, and L. David Baron found that the security checks that prevent script injection could be bypassed by wrapping a javascript: url in another pseudo-protocol like "view-source:" or "jar:". (CVE-2005-1531) A variant of the attack described in CVE-2005-1160 (see USN-124-1) was discovered. Additional checks were added to make sure Javascript eval and Script [...] Solution : Upgrade to : - mozilla-firefox-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.3 (Ubuntu 5.04) - mozilla-firefox-dev-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.3 (Ubuntu 5.04) - mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.3 (Ubuntu 5.04) - mozilla-firefox-gnome-support-1.0.2-0ubuntu5.3 (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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