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CVE-2009-1838

Publication date 12 June 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The garbage-collection implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 sets an element's owner document to null in unspecified circumstances, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted event handler, related to an incorrect context for this event handler.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
mozilla-thunderbird 11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
seamonkey 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
11.04 natty
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.1.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
thunderbird 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1.nspr474
11.04 natty
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1.nspr474
10.10 maverick
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1.nspr474
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1.nspr474
9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1.nspr474
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner 11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9 11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.9.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.9.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.2
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.9.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9.1 11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.9.1~rc2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.9.1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

CVEs in Firefox are tracked in the xulrunner source packages. The mapping of xulrunner sources to firefox is: xulrunner (1.8.0): firefox (1.5) - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS xulrunner (1.8.1): firefox (2.0) - Ubuntu 6.10 - 8.04 LTS xulrunner-1.9: firefox-3.0 xulrunner-1.9.1: firefox-3.5 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.04 LTS uses the embedded xulrunner and not the system xulrunner-1.9.2, so it is tracked in the firefox source package.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-782-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 25 June 2009
    • USN-779-1
    • Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
    • 12 June 2009

Other references