USN-1665-1: unity-firefox-extension vulnerability
13 December 2012
unity-firefox-extension could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- 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 versions:
Ubuntu 12.10
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the
necessary changes.