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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2538-1
March 22, 2015
firefox vulnerabilities
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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:
Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Software Description:
– firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details:
A flaw was discovered in the implementation of typed array bounds checking
in the Javascript just-in-time compilation. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacked could exploit this to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2015-0817)
Mariusz Mlynski discovered a flaw in the processing of SVG format content
navigation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could exploit this to run arbitrary script in a
privileged context. (CVE-2015-0818)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
firefox 36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
firefox 36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
firefox 36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2538-1
CVE-2015-0817, CVE-2015-0818
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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