1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1011-1

USN-1011-1: Firefox vulnerability

Publication date

28 October 2010

Overview

Firefox could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted web page.

Releases

Packages

  • firefox - safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
  • firefox-3.0 - safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
  • firefox-3.5 - safe and easy web browser from Mozilla

Details

Morten Krakvik discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox. If a
user were tricked into navigating to a malicious site, an attacker could
cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user
invoking the program.

Morten Krakvik discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox. If a
user were tricked into navigating to a malicious site, an attacker could
cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user
invoking the program.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox 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 firefox-3.5 –  3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
8.04 hardy firefox-3.0 –  3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
10.10 maverick abrowser –  3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
firefox –  3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 lucid abrowser –  3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
firefox –  3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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