==========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-728-3             March 06, 2009
firefox vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0776
==========================================================
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

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

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
  firefox                         1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614k-0ubuntu1

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

Details follow:

Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered flaws in the browser engine.
If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774)

Georgi Guninski discovered a flaw when Firefox performed a
cross-domain redirect. An attacker could bypass the same-origin policy
in Firefox by utilizing nsIRDFService and steal private data from
users authenticated to the redirected website. (CVE-2009-0776)


Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:

  Source archives:

          Size/MD5:   184633 66352e9d64a82f556c3a6a80a19f3d29
          Size/MD5:     1800 11a304a0a12f5ffa5e8e6c89405f0ccf
          Size/MD5: 48504132 171958941a2ca0562039add097278245

  Architecture independent packages:

          Size/MD5:    53670 3123a4a1f9077b5a51c46eba587e68bf
          Size/MD5:    52784 d86f4a07d9dafcd213f89007315bc570

  amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):

          Size/MD5: 47681086 1633516de506b657356e114a60219054
          Size/MD5:  2858988 de3255d758b85b8ddff5aeb096639a65
          Size/MD5:    86052 aa737609f9bbba04c98024122cb820ca
          Size/MD5:  9494082 c5a3121fc6207e09fd5e41bd550cfe31
          Size/MD5:   222334 cd9c95a7e5e4ed6038fdd6addc76666b
          Size/MD5:   165902 228268688e54e1420b854532eb507b31
          Size/MD5:   247854 db510520fff220c5a7b8049200e64a46
          Size/MD5:   825532 0a4a8bf7843dac56766187dbc824e854
          Size/MD5:   218628 9f60d07857b5951e345e1b26112e30f6

  i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):

          Size/MD5: 44228382 552dd51d28d9fbe3f09860a4e1e46c83
          Size/MD5:  2858976 6f4aa57f6e13fb6df9ab28caa4128c9f
          Size/MD5:    78378 73827d529c5fef68e7dd77006a5de59c
          Size/MD5:  7997494 60a773cb9447589bf8a8cb0bae44b64f
          Size/MD5:   222336 813478fefd90c157b58db95d747f6b61
          Size/MD5:   150394 4be85ac8f7dc29177c0e5998abc534a7
          Size/MD5:   247884 df483e827d91307f3ce25ba630eee366
          Size/MD5:   717138 e7aec7b6ed703344d404c5cbacfa7061
          Size/MD5:   211836 c39831e2e88a3379cba800116173b7b1

  powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):

          Size/MD5: 49085396 1cd175f124e1223ed8b00c2b9cec2683
          Size/MD5:  2859126 4fd279c45ce2a8493662058afee82d36
          Size/MD5:    81462 d288410a9e2b0d6c7fe879fc3a7dbb54
          Size/MD5:  9112954 513caae5fa2f96373730bc467d946621
          Size/MD5:   222342 b89115f5fc0255acf65d228fa675caf4
          Size/MD5:   163076 bf1936fcc3e612331dac28f2e778f58f
          Size/MD5:   247878 230f2215ef1b8b2eb8a46edd22f6cc79
          Size/MD5:   816126 10bb313b2d07cad5ddef2f49b6ea057d
          Size/MD5:   215324 24e246ef9cdbb451098a2145e6498633

  sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC):

          Size/MD5: 45628614 29b319471a235125e5e335d81f0beada
          Size/MD5:  2859040 4268ef900d93a54dd1b7bfc307e77fa5
          Size/MD5:    79956 ebce0c213cd4fc28f958be5fa490edd6
          Size/MD5:  8498912 ba2f4c60cdf7090101c7f12a3443cf08
          Size/MD5:   222336 e4f87a7552f75ccf6549efc5c6dbb4e8
          Size/MD5:   152982 bd0911e0ce85f59b842f6a62cb30d119
          Size/MD5:   247868 06186f468e542265409e1f2c4cd7ff58
          Size/MD5:   727584 647c6022288f854b9bde5f521f354ec3
          Size/MD5:   212788 4e83aae87efce872666cf3c2ff664af7

Ubuntu 728-3: Firefox vulnerabilities

March 6, 2009
Jesse Ruderman and Gary Kwong discovered flaws in the browser engine.If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remoteattacker could cause a denial of service or po...

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