USN-602-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-602-1
21st April, 2008
firefox vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- firefox
Details
Flaws were discovered in Firefox which could lead to crashes during
JavaScript garbage collection. If a user were tricked into opening a
malicious web page, an attacker may be able to crash the browser or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
(CVE-2008-1380)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- firefox 2.0.0.14+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- firefox 2.0.0.14+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.4
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- firefox 2.0.0.14+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080417a-0ubuntu1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart firefox to effect
the necessary changes.