USN-443-1: Firefox vulnerability
27 March 2007
Firefox vulnerability
Releases
Details
A flaw was discovered in how Firefox handled PASV FTP responses. If a
user were tricked into visiting a malicious FTP server, a remote
attacker could perform a port-scan of machines within the user's
network, leading to private information disclosure.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.10
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firefox
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2.0.0.3+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
Ubuntu 6.06
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firefox
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1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.11-0ubuntu0.6.06.1
Ubuntu 5.10
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firefox
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1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.11-0ubuntu0.5.10.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox or reboot
your computer to effect the necessary changes.