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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-081

Posted May 24, 2012

Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-081 - Security issues were identified and fixed in mozilla firefox. Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Using the Address Sanitizer tool, security researcher Aki Helin from OUSPG found that IDBKeyRange of indexedDB remains in the XPConnect hashtable instead of being unlinked before being destroyed. Security research firm iDefense reported that researcher wushi of team509 discovered a memory corruption on Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems with hardware acceleration disabled or using incompatible video drivers. Various other issues have also been addressed.

tags | advisory

systems | linux, windows, mandriva

advisories | CVE-2012-0468, CVE-2012-0467, CVE-2012-0469, CVE-2012-0470, CVE-2012-0471, CVE-2012-0472, CVE-2012-0473, CVE-2012-0474, CVE-2012-0477, CVE-2012-0478, CVE-2011-3062, CVE-2012-0479

SHA-256 | b4728ca55ce3cfd40444a11b5acd5298ece8e9bf6c775569b96cc5d90bcd9a33

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