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MDKSA-2006:143-1: mozilla-firefox

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the mozilla-firefox package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2006:143-1 (mozilla-firefox).

A number of security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected
in the latest Mozilla Firefox program.
Previous updates to Firefox were patch fixes to Firefox 1.0.6 that
brought it in sync with 1.0.8 in terms of security fixes. In this
update, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 is being provided which corrects a
number of vulnerabilities that were previously unpatched, as well as
providing new and enhanced features.
The following CVE names have been corrected with this update:
CVE-2006-2613, CVE-2006-2894, CVE-2006-2775, CVE-2006-2776,
CVE-2006-2777, CVE-2006-2778, CVE-2006-2779, CVE-2006-2780,
CVE-2006-2782, CVE-2006-2783, CVE-2006-2784, CVE-2006-2785,
CVE-2006-2786, CVE-2006-2787, CVE-2006-2788, CVE-2006-3677,
CVE-2006-3803, CVE-2006-3804, CVE-2006-3806, CVE-2006-3807,
CVE-2006-3113, CVE-2006-3801, CVE-2006-3802, CVE-2006-3805,
CVE-2006-3808, CVE-2006-3809, CVE-2006-3810, CVE-2006-3811,
CVE-2006-3812.
Update:
The previous language packages were not correctly tagged for the new
Firefox which resulted in many of them not loading properly. These
updated language packages correct the problem.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143-1
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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