Mozilla page states Firefox 7.0 is insecure and should be updated to latest version

Bug #839853 reported by Sam_
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Latest Ubuntu update was Firefox 7.0.
This page
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/home
states user should update to latest version (screenshot).

firefox:
  Installed: 7.0~b3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 7.0~b3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 7.0~b3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 7.0~b3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: True
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: zootie 1474 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20110830191244
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xd4400000 irq 16'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD88B1'
   Components : 'HDA:111d7667,103c1475,00100105'
   Controls : 14
   Simple ctrls : 9
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd4310000 irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000'
   Controls : 4
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Channel: beta
Date: Fri Sep 2 21:34:06 2011
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
 CookieSafe (FF 4 compatible) - ID={9D23D0AA-D8F5-11DA-B3FC-0928ABF316DE}, Version=3.1a6, minVersion=3.0, maxVersion=6.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 pdfit - <email address hidden>, Version=1.15, minVersion=1.5, maxVersion=6.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 Dr.Web anti-virus link checker - ID={6614d11d-d21d-b211-ae23-815234e1ebb5}, Version=1.0.23, minVersion=1.0, maxVersion=6.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 User Agent Switcher - ID={e968fc70-8f95-4ab9-9e79-304de2a71ee1}, Version=0.7.3, minVersion=1.0, maxVersion=6.*, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
 NoScript - ID={73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}, Version=2.1.2.8rc1, minVersion=1.9a2, maxVersion=1.9.6, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110423)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.2.1 dev wlan0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.104
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0/20110830191244 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-01 (31 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68DVA Ver. F.06
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 1475
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 72.0E
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU1080QP1
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68DVAVer.F.06:bd12/07/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHP625:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1475:rvrKBCVersion72.0E:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP 625
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :
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Timothy Mayoh (timothy-m-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I cannot replicate this issue. Can you please try starting Firefox with default settings and addons disabled?

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Timothy Mayoh (timothy-m-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Timothy Mayoh (timothy-m-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Note: That's actually a PNG file, not a binary blob - I forgot to give it a file extension.

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Timothy Mayoh (timothy-m-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Doesn't matter, I changed it now.

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Thanks Timothy. Testing in safe-mode and disabling addons successive lead to NoScript, in particular with enabled javascript Mozilla page doesn't display the warnings. Hence marking as invalid.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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