USN-1665-1: unity-firefox-extension vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1665-1
13th December, 2012
unity-firefox-extension vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
Summary
unity-firefox-extension could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- unity-firefox-extension - Firefox extension: Unity Integration
Details
It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension bypassed the same origin
policy checks in certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious page, an attacker could exploit this to steal confidential data
or perform other security-sensitive operations.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.10:
- xul-ext-unity 2.4.1-0ubuntu1.2
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.