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[USN-1149-2] Firefox regression

Posted on 29 June 2011
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1149-2
June 29, 2011

firefox regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

In rare instances, Firefox could have trouble accessing some websites.

Software Description:
- firefox: safe and easy web browser from Mozilla

Details:

USN-1149-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. Unfortunately, a regression
was introduced that prevented cookies from being stored properly when the=

hostname was a single character. This update fixes the problem. We
apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Multiple memory vulnerabilities were discovered in the browser rendering=

engine. An attacker could use these to possibly execute arbitrary code w=
ith
the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2364, CVE-2011-23=
65,
CVE-2011-2374, CVE-2011-2376)
=20
Martin Barbella discovered that under certain conditions, viewing a XUL
document while JavaScript was disabled caused deleted memory to be
accessed. An attacker could potentially use this to crash Firefox or
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.=

(CVE-2011-2373)
=20
Jordi Chancel discovered a vulnerability on multipart/x-mixed-replace
images due to memory corruption. An attacker could potentially use this =
to
crash Firefox or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2377)
=20
Chris Rohlf and Yan Ivnitskiy discovered an integer overflow vulnerabili=
ty
in JavaScript Arrays. An attacker could potentially use this to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2011-2371)
=20
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities were discovered. An attacker cou=
ld
potentially use these to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of t=
he
user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-0083, CVE-2011-0085, CVE-2011-2363)
=20
David Chan discovered that cookies did not honor same-origin conventions=
=2E
This could potentially lead to cookie data being leaked to a third party=
=2E
(CVE-2011-2362)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
firefox 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.=
2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
firefox 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.=
2

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all th=
e
necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1149-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1149-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/801778

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0u=
buntu0.10.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0u=
buntu0.10.04.2




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