| |||||||||||||||||||
Ubuntu alert USN-1367-2 (firefox)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1367-2 February 17, 2012 firefox vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser Details: USN-1367-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libpng. This provides the corresponding update for Firefox. Original advisory details: Jueri Aedla discovered that libpng did not properly verify the size used when allocating memory during chunk decompression. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-3026) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: firefox 10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 Ubuntu 11.04: firefox 10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 Ubuntu 10.10: firefox 10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: firefox 10.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1367-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1367-1 CVE-2011-3026, https://launchpad.net/bugs/933293 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/10.0.2+build... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/10.0.2+build... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/10.0.2+build... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/10.0.2+build... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security... (Log in to post comments)
|
|||||||||||||||||||