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Ubuntu: USN-2707-1 Critical: Firefox Information Exposure

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Firefox could be made to expose sensitive information from local files.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2707-1
August 07, 2015

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

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Firefox could be made to expose sensitive information from local files.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

Cody Crews discovered a way to violate the same-origin policy to inject
script in to a non-privileged part of the PDF viewer. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
exploit this to read sensitive information from local files.
(CVE-2015-4495)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  firefox                         39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  firefox                         39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  firefox                         39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2707-1
  CVE-2015-4495

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Ubuntu: USN-2707-1 Critical: Firefox Information Exposure

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Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-2707-1 addresses a vulnerability in Firefox that may lead to the unintended exposure of sensitive local files, prompting users to perform an update.
Firefox could be made to expose sensitive information from local files.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: firefox 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: firefox 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: firefox 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2707-1

CVE-2015-4495

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August 07, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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