USN-717-2: Firefox vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10

Packages

• firefox -

Details

A flaw was discovered in the browser engine when restoring closed tabs. If a
user were tricked into restoring a tab to a malicious website with form input
controls, an attacker could steal local files on the user's system.
(CVE-2009-0355)

Wladimir Palant discovered that Firefox did not restrict access to cookies in
HTTP response headers. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web
page, a remote attacker could view sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0357)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.10

• firefox - 2.0.0.21~20090209t122238+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1

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

References

• CVE-2009-0355
• CVE-2009-0357

Related notices

• USN-717-1: xulrunner-1.9, firefox-3.0, abrowser
• USN-717-3: firefox