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Ubuntu 11.04: USN-1192-2 Critical: Mozvoikko Update for Firefox 6

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The latest Mozvoikko upgrade fortifies Firefox 6 by addressing essential flaws and enhancing defenses against possible threats and weaknesses.
This update provides a compatible Mozvoikko for Firefox 6.

Summary

This update provides a compatible Mozvoikko for Firefox 6.

Software Description:

- mozvoikko: Finnish spell-checker extension for Firefox

Details:

USN-1192-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an

updated Mozvoikko for use with Firefox 6.

Original advisory details:

Aral Yaman discovered a vulnerability in the WebGL engine. An attacker

could potentially use this to crash Firefox or execute arbitrary code with

the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2989)

Vivekanand Bolajwar discovered a vulnerability in the JavaScript engine. An

attacker could potentially use this to crash Firefox or execute arbitrary

code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2011-2991)

Bert Hubert and Theo Snelleman discovered a vulnerability in the Ogg

reader. An attacker could potentially use this to crash Firefox or execute

arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.

(CVE-2011-2991)

Robert Kai...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical bug fix Ubuntu Firefox Mozvoikko

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.04:
  xul-ext-mozvoikko               1.9.0~svn20101114r3591-0ubuntu3.11.04.2

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1192-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/825459

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August 17, 2011

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security advisory update critical bug fix Ubuntu Firefox Mozvoikko

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozvoikko/1.9.0~svn20101114r3591-0ubuntu3.11.04.2

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