USN-1758-1: Firefox vulnerability

Publication date

8 March 2013

Overview

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.


Packages

  • firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

It was discovered that Firefox contained a memory safety issue. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted page with the HTML editor, a
remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

It was discovered that Firefox contained a memory safety issue. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted page with the HTML editor, a
remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

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 firefox –  19.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 precise firefox –  19.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric firefox –  19.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 lucid firefox –  19.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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