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Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1639-1 Moderate: Unity-Firefox-Extension DoS Risk

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unity-firefox-extension could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1639-1
November 22, 2012

unity-firefox-extension vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

unity-firefox-extension could be made to crash or run programs as your
login if it opened a malicious website.

Software Description:
- unity-firefox-extension: Firefox extension: Unity Integration

Details:

It was discovered that unity-firefox-extension incorrectly handled certain
callbacks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
unity-firefox-extension to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  xul-ext-unity                   2.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

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

References:
  
  CVE-2012-0960

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-firefox-extension/2.4.1-0ubuntu1.1


Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1639-1 Moderate: Unity-Firefox-Extension DoS Risk

ubuntu
Calendar Grey November 22, 2012
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical flaw in the unity-firefox-addon allows malicious entities to disrupt system operations or execute unauthorized code through deceptive websites.
unity-firefox-extension could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: xul-ext-unity 2.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2012-0960

Severity
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November 22, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-firefox-extension/2.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

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