Ubuntu Forums Archive Viewer

USN-717-3: Firefox vulnerabilities

Archived thread 1066400 from Announcements & News. Markdown source: Announcements_&_News/thread_1066400_USN-717-3_Firefox_vulnerabilities.md

Original URL About this archive
#1

Referenced CVEs: CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2009-0357

Description: =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-717-3 February 10, 2009 firefox vulnerabilities CVE-2008-5510, CVE-2009-0357 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS 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 6.06 LTS: firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614j-0ubuntu1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Wladimir Palant discovered that Firefox did not restrict access to cookies in HTTP response headers. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, a remote attacker could view sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0357)

More...