USN-1608-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1608-1
11th October, 2012
firefox vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.
Software description
- 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 version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- 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 LTS:
- firefox 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.