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Ubuntu alert USN-1367-4 (xulrunner-1.9.2)

From:  Micah Gersten <micah@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-1367-4] Xulrunner vulnerability
Date:  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:15:48 -0600
Message-ID:  <4F3EDFA4.8070601@canonical.com>
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1========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1367-4 February 17, 2012 xulrunner-1.9.2 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Xulrunner based applications could be made to crash or run programs as your login if they opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - xulrunner-1.9.2: Mozilla Gecko runtime environment Details: USN-1367-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libpng. This provides the corresponding update for Xulrunner. 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 10.10: xulrunner-1.9.2 1.9.2.27+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: xulrunner-1.9.2 1.9.2.27+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart any application based on Xulrunner such as Yelp or Conkeror to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1367-4 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1367-1 CVE-2011-3026, https://launchpad.net/bugs/934073 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xulrunner-1.9.2/1.9.... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xulrunner-1.9.2/1.9.... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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