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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-398-1 January 02, 2007 firefox vulnerabilities CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6504, CVE-2006-6506, CVE-2006-6507 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.10: firefox 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 firefox-dev 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 libnspr-dev 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 libnspr4 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 libnss-dev 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 libnss3 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with user privileges by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript or SVG. (CVE-2006-6497, CVE-2006-6498, CVE-2006-6499, CVE-2006-6501, CVE-2006-6502, CVE-2006-6504) Various flaws have been reported that allow an attacker to bypass Firefox's internal XSS protections by tricking the user into opening a malicious web page containing JavaScript. (CVE-2006-6503, CVE-2006-6507) Jared Breland discovered that the "Feed Preview" feature could leak referrer information to remote servers. (CVE-2006-6506)