Referenced CVEs: CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776
Description: =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-728-3 March 06, 2009 firefox vulnerabilities CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776 =========================================================== 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~prepatch080614k-0ubuntu1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered flaws in the browser engine. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774) Georgi Guninski discovered a flaw when Firefox performed a cross-domain redirect. An attacker could bypass the same-origin policy in Firefox by utilizing nsIRDFService and steal private data from users authenticated to the redirected website. (CVE-2009-0776)