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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-717-3 February 10, 2009 firefox vulnerabilities CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2009-0357 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 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 6.06 LTS: firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614j-0ubuntu1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Kojima Hajime discovered that Firefox did not properly handle an escaped null character. An attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to bypass script sanitization. (CVE-2008-5510) Wladimir Palant discovered that Firefox did not restrict access to cookies in HTTP response headers. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, a remote attacker could view sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0357)