USN-821-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3074, CVE-2009-3075, CVE-2009-3076, CVE-2009-3077, CVE-2009-3078, CVE-2009-3079
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-821-1 September 10, 2009 firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities CVE-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3074, CVE-2009-3075, CVE-2009-3076, CVE-2009-3077, CVE-2009-3078, CVE-2009-3079 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: firefox-3.0 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 Ubuntu 8.10: abrowser 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 firefox-3.0 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 Ubuntu 9.04: abrowser 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 firefox-3.0 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox and any applications that use xulrunner, such as Epiphany, to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Several flaws were discovered in the Firefox browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-3070, CVE-2009-3071, CVE-2009-3072, CVE-2009-3074, CVE-2009-3075) Jesse Ruderman and Dan Kaminsky discovered that Firefox did not adequately inform users when security modules were added or removed via PKCS11. If a user visited a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to trick the user into installing a malicious PKCS11 module. (CVE-2009-3076) It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when using XUL tree elements. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-3077) Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian discovered that Firefox did properly display certain Unicode characters in the location bar and other text fields when using a certain non-Ubuntu font. If a user configured Firefox to use this font, an attacker could exploit this to spoof the location bar, such as in a phishing attack. (CVE-2009-3078) It was discovered that the BrowserFeedWriter in Firefox could be subverted to run JavaScript code from web content with elevated chrome privileges. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-3079)

USN-828-1: PAM vulnerability

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2009-3232
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-828-1 September 08, 2009 pam vulnerability CVE-2009-3232 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.10: libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.6 Ubuntu 9.04: libpam-runtime 1.0.1-9ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Russell Senior discovered that the system authentication module selection mechanism for PAM did not safely handle an empty selection. If an administrator had specifically removed the default list of modules or failed to chose a module when operating debconf in a very unlikely non-default configuration, PAM would allow any authentication attempt, which could lead to remote attackers gaining access to a system with arbitrary privileges. This did not affect default Ubuntu installations.

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USN-810-3: NSS regression

Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-810-3 September 02, 2009 nss regression https://launchpad.net/bugs/409864 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libnss3-1d 3.12.3.1-0ubuntu0.8.04.2 Ubuntu 8.10: libnss3-1d 3.12.3.1-0ubuntu0.8.10.2 Ubuntu 9.04: libnss3-1d 3.12.3.1-0ubuntu0.9.04.2 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use NSS, such as Firefox, to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-810-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NSS. Jozsef Kadlecsik noticed that the new libraries on amd64 did not correctly set stack memory flags, and caused applications using NSS (e.g. Firefox) to have an executable stack. This reduced the effectiveness of some defensive security protections. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Moxie Marlinspike discovered that NSS did not properly handle regular expressions in certificate names. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted certificate to cause a denial of service (via application crash) or execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-2404) Moxie Marlinspike and Dan Kaminsky independently discovered that NSS did not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the certificate name. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. (CVE-2009-2408) Dan Kaminsky discovered NSS would still accept certificates with MD2 hash signatures. As a result, an attacker could potentially create a malicious trusted certificate to impersonate another site. (CVE-2009-2409)

USN-827-1: Dnsmasq vulnerabilities

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2009-2957, CVE-2009-2958
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-827-1 September 01, 2009 dnsmasq vulnerabilities CVE-2009-2957, CVE-2009-2958 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: dnsmasq-base 2.41-2ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 8.10: dnsmasq-base 2.45-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 9.04: dnsmasq-base 2.47-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: IvAin Arce, Pablo HernAin Jorge, Alejandro Pablo Rodriguez, MartA­n Coco, Alberto SoliAto Testa and Pablo Annetta discovered that Dnsmasq did not properly validate its input when processing TFTP requests for files with long names. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Dnsmasq runs as the 'dnsmasq' user by default on Ubuntu. (CVE-2009-2957) Steve Grubb discovered that Dnsmasq could be made to dereference a NULL pointer when processing certain TFTP requests. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service by sending a crafted TFTP request. (CVE-2009-2958)

USN-826-1: Mono vulnerabilities

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2008-3422, CVE-2008-3906, CVE-2009-0217
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-826-1 August 26, 2009 mono vulnerabilities CVE-2008-3422, CVE-2008-3906, CVE-2009-0217 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libmono-security1.0-cil 1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3.1 libmono-security2.0-cil 1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3.1 libmono-system-web1.0-cil 1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3.1 libmono-system-web2.0-cil 1.2.6+dfsg-6ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 8.10: libmono-security1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2.1 libmono-security2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2.1 libmono-system-web1.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2.1 libmono-system-web2.0-cil 1.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 9.04: libmono-security1.0-cil 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.1 libmono-security2.0-cil 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.1 libmono-system-web1.0-cil 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.1 libmono-system-web2.0-cil 2.0.1-4ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that the XML HMAC signature system did not correctly check certain lengths. If an attacker sent a truncated HMAC, it could bypass authentication, leading to potential privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-0217) It was discovered that Mono did not properly escape certain attributes in the ASP.net class libraries which could result in browsers becoming vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks when processing the output. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data (such as passwords), within the same domain. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2008-3422) It was discovered that Mono did not properly filter CRLF injections in the query string. If a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, steal confidential data (such as passwords), or perform cross-site request forgeries. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2008-3906)

USN-825-1: libvorbis vulnerability

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2009-2663
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-825-1 August 24, 2009 libvorbis vulnerability CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2009-2663 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libvorbis0a 1.2.0.dfsg-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 8.10: libvorbis0a 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.8.10.1 Ubuntu 9.04: libvorbis0a 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.9.04.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use libvorbis, such as Totem and gtkpod, to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that libvorbis did not correctly handle certain malformed ogg files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted ogg file with an application that uses libvorbis, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2009-2663) USN-682-1 provided updated libvorbis packages to fix multiple security vulnerabilities. The upstream security patch to fix CVE-2008-1420 introduced a regression when reading sound files encoded with libvorbis 1.0beta1. This update corrects the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libvorbis did not correctly handle certain malformed sound files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted sound file with an application that uses libvorbis, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2008-1420)

USN-824-1: PHP vulnerability

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2009-2687
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-824-1 August 24, 2009 php5 vulnerability CVE-2009-2687 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: php5-cgi 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.15 php5-cli 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.15 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: php5-cgi 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7 php5-cli 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.7 Ubuntu 8.10: php5-cgi 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.3 php5-cli 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.3 Ubuntu 9.04: php5-cgi 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.2 php5-cli 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that PHP did not properly handle certain malformed JPEG images when being parsed by the Exif module. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause the PHP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

USN-823-1: KDE-Graphics vulnerabilities

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1709
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-823-1 August 24, 2009 kdegraphics vulnerabilities CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1709 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: ksvg 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that KDE-Graphics did not properly handle certain malformed SVG images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted SVG image, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

USN-822-1: KDE-Libs vulnerabilities

Referenced CVEs: 
CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698
Description: 
=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-822-1 August 24, 2009 kde4libs, kdelibs vulnerabilities CVE-2009-0945, CVE-2009-1687, CVE-2009-1690, CVE-2009-1698 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1.2 Ubuntu 8.10: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu6.1 kdelibs5 4:4.1.4-0ubuntu1~intrepid1.2 Ubuntu 9.04: kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-1ubuntu8.1 kdelibs5 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu5.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle certain malformed SVG images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted SVG image, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-0945) It was discovered that the KDE JavaScript garbage collector did not properly handle memory allocation failures. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1687) It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle HTML content in the head element. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1690) It was discovered that KDE-Libs did not properly handle the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attr function call. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1698)
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