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Several flaws were discovered in the Firefox browser and JavaScript
engines. 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-2009-2462,
CVE-2009-2463, CVE-2009-2464, CVE-2009-2465, CVE-2009-2466, CVE-2009-2469)
Attila Suszter discovered a flaw in the way Firefox processed Flash content.
If a user were tricked into viewing and navigating within a specially
crafted Flash object, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (
Several flaws were discovered in the Firefox browser and JavaScript
engines. 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-2009-2462,
CVE-2009-2463, CVE-2009-2464, CVE-2009-2465, CVE-2009-2466, CVE-2009-2469)
Attila Suszter discovered a flaw in the way Firefox processed Flash content.
If a user were tricked into viewing and navigating within a specially
crafted Flash object, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2009-2467)
It was discovered that Firefox did not properly handle some SVG content. An
attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2009-2469)
A flaw was discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user were tricked into
viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this perform
cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2009-2472)
Update instructions
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox and any applications that use xulrunner, such as Epiphany, to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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