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March 6th, 2009, 01:40 AM
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776
Description:
================================================== ========= Ubuntu Security Notice USN-728-2 March 06, 2009 firefox vulnerabilities CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776 ================================================== ========= A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 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 7.10: firefox 2.0.0.21~tb.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered flaws in the browser engine. 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-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774) Georgi Guninski discovered a flaw when Firefox performed a cross-domain redirect. An attacker could bypass the same-origin policy in Firefox by utilizing nsIRDFService and steal private data from users authenticated to the redirected website. (CVE-2009-0776)
More... (http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-728-2)
CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776
Description:
================================================== ========= Ubuntu Security Notice USN-728-2 March 06, 2009 firefox vulnerabilities CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776 ================================================== ========= A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 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 7.10: firefox 2.0.0.21~tb.21+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered flaws in the browser engine. 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-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774) Georgi Guninski discovered a flaw when Firefox performed a cross-domain redirect. An attacker could bypass the same-origin policy in Firefox by utilizing nsIRDFService and steal private data from users authenticated to the redirected website. (CVE-2009-0776)
More... (http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-728-2)