USN-1608-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

It was discovered that the browser engine used in Firefox contained a
memory corruption flaw. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted web page, a remote attacker could cause Firefox to crash or
potentially execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2012-4191)

It was discovered that Firefox allowed improper access to the Location
object. An attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2012-4192)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

• firefox - 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 11.10

• firefox - 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 11.04

• firefox - 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• firefox - 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2012-4191
• CVE-2012-4192
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1065285

Related notices

• USN-1611-1: thunderbird