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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1400-3

Posted Mar 22, 2012

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1400-3 - USN-1400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Thunderbird. Soroush Dalili discovered that Firefox did not adequately protect against dropping JavaScript links onto a frame. A remote attacker could, through cross-site scripting (XSS), exploit this to modify the contents or steal confidential data. Atte Kettunen discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in Firefox's handling of SVG animations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Atte Kettunen discovered an out of bounds read vulnerability in Firefox's handling of SVG Filters. An attacker could potentially exploit this to make data from the user's memory accessible to the page content. Various other issues have also been addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary, javascript, vulnerability, xss

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2012-0455, CVE-2012-0457, CVE-2012-0456, CVE-2012-0451, CVE-2012-0458, CVE-2012-0459, CVE-2012-0460, CVE-2012-0462, CVE-2012-0464, CVE-2012-0451, CVE-2012-0455, CVE-2012-0456, CVE-2012-0457, CVE-2012-0458, CVE-2012-0459, CVE-2012-0460, CVE-2012-0461, CVE-2012-0462, CVE-2012-0464

SHA-256 | 553d78be7f7ed2853eaa6177ea136db38c2d1a480fb986ca79ad0876030a8c06

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