1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1639-1

USN-1639-1: unity-firefox-extension vulnerability

Publication date

22 November 2012

Overview

unity-firefox-extension could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension incorrectly handled certain
callbacks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
unity-firefox-extension to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension incorrectly handled certain
callbacks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
unity-firefox-extension to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

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
12.10 quantal xul-ext-unity –  2.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

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