USN-3140-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

It was discovered that data: URLs can inherit the wrong origin after a
HTTP redirect in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially
exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-9078)

A use-after-free was discovered in SVG animations. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this
to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2016-9079)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10

• firefox - 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• firefox - 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• firefox - 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• firefox - 50.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2016-9078
• CVE-2016-9079

Related notices

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