USN-602-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• firefox -

Details

Flaws were discovered in Firefox which could lead to crashes during
JavaScript garbage collection. If a user were tricked into opening a
malicious web page, an attacker may be able to crash the browser or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
(CVE-2008-1380)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.10

• firefox - 2.0.0.14+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10

Ubuntu 7.04

• firefox - 2.0.0.14+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.4

Ubuntu 6.10

• firefox - 2.0.0.14+0nobinonly-0ubuntu0.6.10

Ubuntu 6.06

• firefox - 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080417a-0ubuntu1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart firefox to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-1380