1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1123-1

USN-1123-1: Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Publication date

30 April 2011

Overview

Multiple xulrunner-1.9.1 vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

A large number of security issues were discovered in the Gecko rendering
engine. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,
including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and
arbitrary code execution.

A large number of security issues were discovered in the Gecko rendering
engine. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security,
including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and
arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications which use Xulrunner to make all 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:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.10 karmic xulrunner-1.9.1 –  1.9.1.19+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1

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