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[USN-1665-1] unity-firefox-extension vulnerability

Posted on 13 December 2012
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1665-1
December 13, 2012

unity-firefox-extension vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

unity-firefox-extension could be made to expose sensitive information ove=
r
the network.

Software Description:
- unity-firefox-extension: Firefox extension: Unity Integration

Details:

It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension bypassed the same origin
policy checks in certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into openi=
ng
a malicious page, an attacker could exploit this to steal confidential da=
ta
or perform other security-sensitive operations.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
xul-ext-unity 2.4.1-0ubuntu1.2

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1665-1
CVE-2012-0958

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-firefox-extension/2.4.1-0ubunt=
u1.2



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