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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1600-1
October 09, 2012
firefox vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Multiple security issues were fixed in Firefox.
Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details:
Henrik Skupin, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Soroush Dalili and other=
s
discovered several memory corruption flaws in Firefox. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted web page, a remote attacker coul=
d
cause Firefox to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3988,
CVE-2012-3989)
David Bloom and Jordi Chancel discovered that Firefox did not always
properly handle the <select> element. A remote attacker could exploit thi=
s
to conduct URL spoofing and clickjacking attacks. (CVE-2012-3984)
Collin Jackson discovered that Firefox did not properly follow the HTML5
specification for document.domain behavior. A remote attacker could explo=
it
this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via javascript
execution. (CVE-2012-3985)
Johnny Stenback discovered that Firefox did not properly perform security=
checks on tests methods for DOMWindowUtils. (CVE-2012-3986)
Alice White discovered that the security checks for GetProperty could be
bypassed when using JSAPI. If a user were tricked into opening a speciall=
y
crafted web page, a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitra=
ry
code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2012-3991)
Mariusz Mlynski discovered a history state error in Firefox. A remote
attacker could exploit this to spoof the location property to inject scri=
pt
or intercept posted data. (CVE-2012-3992)
Mariusz Mlynski and others discovered several flays in Firefox that allow=
ed
a remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
(CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-3994, CVE-2012-4184)
Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen and others discovered several memory flaws i=
n
Firefox when using the Address Sanitizer tool. If a user were tricked int=
o
opening a specially crafted web page, a remote attacker could cause Firef=
ox
to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180,
CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186=
,
CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
firefox 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Ubuntu 11.10:
firefox 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
Ubuntu 11.04:
firefox 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
firefox 16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all th=
e
necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1600-1
CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3984, CVE-2012-3985,
CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3989, CVE-2012-3990,
CVE-2012-3991, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-3994,
CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181,
CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4184, CVE-2012-4185,
CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04=
=2E1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10=
=2E1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04=
=2E1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/16.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04=
=2E1
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