Ubuntu Security Notice USN-623-1
17th July, 2008
firefox vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- firefox
Details
A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to
overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox did not properly perform URI splitting
with pipe symbols when passed a command-line URI. If Firefox were passed
a malicious URL, an attacker may be able to execute local content with
chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2933)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- firefox 2.0.0.16+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- firefox 2.0.0.16+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.4
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614d-0ubuntu1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the
necessary changes.