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[USN-2458-2] Ubufox update

Posted on 14 January 2015
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2458-2
January 14, 2015

ubufox update
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

This update provides compatible packages for Firefox 35.

Software Description:
- ubufox: Ubuntu Firefox specific configuration defaults and apt support

Details:

USN-2458-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding version of Ubufox.

Original advisory details:

Christian Holler, Patrick McManus, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jesse
Ruderman, Byron Campen, Terrence Cole, and Nils Ohlmeier discovered
multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially explo=
it
these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8635)
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Bobby Holley discovered that some DOM objects with certain properties
can bypass XrayWrappers in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in=

to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to bypass security restrictions. (CVE-2014-8636)
=20
Michal Zalewski discovered a use of uninitialized memory when rendering
malformed bitmap images on a canvas element. If a user were tricked in t=
o
opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to steal confidential information. (CVE-2014-8637)
=20
Muneaki Nishimura discovered that requests from navigator.sendBeacon()
lack an origin header. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct
cross-site request forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2014-8638)
=20
Xiaofeng Zheng discovered that a web proxy returning a 407 response
could inject cookies in to the originally requested domain. If a user
connected to a malicious web proxy, an attacker could potentially exploi=
t
this to conduct session-fixation attacks. (CVE-2014-8639)
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Holger Fuhrmannek discovered a crash in Web Audio while manipulating
timelines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-8640)
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Mitchell Harper discovered a use-after-free in WebRTC. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invokin=
g
Firefox. (CVE-2014-8641)
=20
Brian Smith discovered that OCSP responses would fail to verify if signe=
d
by a delegated OCSP responder certificate with the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck
extension, potentially allowing a user to connect to a site with a revok=
ed
certificate. (CVE-2014-8642)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
xul-ext-ubufox 3.0-0ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
xul-ext-ubufox 3.0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
xul-ext-ubufox 3.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/3.0-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/3.0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubufox/3.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

 

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