Ubuntu 11.10, USN-1355-2 Moderate: Mozvoikko Update for Firefox

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February 3, 2012

This update provides compatible Mozvoikko packages for the latest Firefox.

Summary

This update provides compatible Mozvoikko packages for the latest Firefox.

Software Description:

- mozvoikko: Finnish spell-checker extension for Firefox

Details:

USN-1355-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an

updated Mozvoikko package for use with the latest Firefox.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that if a user chose to export their Firefox Sync key

the "Firefox Recovery Key.html" file is saved with incorrect permissions,

making the file contents potentially readable by other users.

(CVE-2012-0450)

Nicolas Gregoire and Aki Helin discovered that when processing a malformed

embedded XSLT stylesheet, Firefox can crash due to memory corruption. If

the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page, an attacker

could exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or

potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.

(CVE-2012-0449)

It was discovered that ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory XSS DoS Ubuntu memory safety mozvoikko application issue

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  xul-ext-mozvoikko               2.0.1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  xul-ext-mozvoikko               2.0.1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
  xul-ext-mozvoikko               2.0.1-0ubuntu0.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  xul-ext-mozvoikko               2.0.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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