Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will let attackers to execute arbitrary code which results in memory corruption.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.0.10
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
Insight
The flaw is due to error in nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun function in layout/generic/nsTextFrameThebes.cpp via unspecified vectors.
Affected
Firefox version prior to 3.0.10 on Linux.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1313 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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