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CVE-2010-3179

Publication date 19 October 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 11.04 natty
Fixed 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
firefox-3.0 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
firefox-3.5 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic
Fixed 3.6.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 3.5.14+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
seamonkey 11.04 natty
Fixed 2.0.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.0.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.0.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.0.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 2.0.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.0.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
thunderbird 11.04 natty
Fixed 3.1.5+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 3.1.5+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.0.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9.1 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.9.1.14+build4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.9.1.14+build4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9.2 11.04 natty
Fixed 1.9.2.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 1.9.2.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.9.2.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.9.2.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.9.2.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.9.2.11+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

CVEs in Firefox are tracked in the xulrunner source packages for builds that use the system xulrunner, and firefox source packages for those that use a static build xulrunner (1.8.0): firefox (1.5) - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (system xul) xulrunner (1.8.1): firefox (2.0) - Ubuntu 6.10 - 8.04 LTS (system xul) xulrunner-1.9: (ignored) reverse dependencies no longer process web content xulrunner-1.9.1: (ignored) reverese dependencies no longer process web content xulrunner-1.9.2: system xul for reverese dependencies that process web content firefox: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (static build) firefox: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and higher (static build of 3.6.x or higher) firefox-3.0: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.04 (static build of 3.6.x) firefox-3.5: Ubuntu 9.04 (ignored, uses system xul 1.9.1. Use 3.0 instead) firefox-3.5: Ubuntu 9.10 (static build of 3.6.x) thunderbird low (javascript not enabled by default)

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-998-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 20 October 2010
    • USN-997-1
    • Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
    • 20 October 2010

Other references