USN-1011-3: Xulrunner vulnerability
29 October 2010
A Xulrunner application could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- xulrunner-1.9.1 - XUL + XPCOM application runner
- xulrunner-1.9.2 - XUL + XPCOM application runner
Details
USN-1011-1 fixed a vulnerability in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding update for Xulrunner.
Original advisory 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 9.10
-
xulrunner-1.9.1
-
1.9.1.15+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
-
xulrunner-1.9.2
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1.9.2.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
use Xulrunner to make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-1011-1: firefox, firefox-3.5, abrowser, firefox-3.0
- USN-1011-2: thunderbird