Ubuntu Security Notice 645-3 - USN-645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and xulrunner. The upstream patches introduced a regression in the saved password handling. While password data was not lost, if a user had saved any passwords with non-ASCII characters, Firefox could not access the password database. This update fixes the problem. A very large amount of vulnerabilities have been addressed in the latest Firefox release from Ubuntu.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-645-3 September 25, 2008
firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 regression
https://launchpad.net/bugs/270429
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 8.04 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 8.04 LTS:
firefox 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox and any
applications that use xulrunner, such as Epiphany, to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
USN-645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and xulrunner. The upstream
patches introduced a regression in the saved password handling. While
password data was not lost, if a user had saved any passwords with
non-ASCII characters, Firefox could not access the password database.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Justin Schuh, Tom Cross and Peter Williams discovered errors in the
Firefox URL parsing routines. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted hyperlink, an attacker could overflow a stack buffer and
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-0016)
It was discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be
bypassed. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website,
an attacker may be able to execute JavaScript in the context of a
different website. (CVE-2008-3835)
Several problems were discovered in the JavaScript engine. This
could allow an attacker to execute scripts from page content with
chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-3836)
Paul Nickerson discovered Firefox did not properly process mouse
click events. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web
page, an attacker could move the content window, which could
potentially be used to force a user to perform unintended drag and
drop operations. (CVE-2008-3837)
Several problems were discovered in the browser engine. This could
allow an attacker to execute code with chrome privileges.
(CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060)
Drew Yao, David Maciejak and other Mozilla developers found several
problems in the browser engine of Firefox. If a user were tricked
into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial
of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges
of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062,
CVE-2008-4063, CVE-2008-4064)
Dave Reed discovered a flaw in the JavaScript parsing code when
processing certain BOM characters. An attacker could exploit this
to bypass script filters and perform cross-site scripting attacks.
(CVE-2008-4065)
Gareth Heyes discovered a flaw in the HTML parser of Firefox. If a
user were tricked into opening a malicious web page, an attacker
could bypass script filtering and perform cross-site scripting
attacks. (CVE-2008-4066)
Boris Zbarsky and Georgi Guninski independently discovered flaws in
the resource: protocol. An attacker could exploit this to perform
directory traversal, read information about the system, and prompt
the user to save information in a file. (CVE-2008-4067,
CVE-2008-4068)
Billy Hoffman discovered a problem in the XBM decoder. If a user were
tricked into opening a malicious web page or XBM file, an attacker
may be able to cause a denial of service via application crash.
(CVE-2008-4069)
Updated packages for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox-3.0/firefox-3.0_3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1.diff.gz
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Architecture independent packages:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox-3.0/firefox-dev_3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_all.deb
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Size/MD5: 65902 d907072601c66ad491d706566c2824de
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/x/xulrunner-1.9/xulrunner-1.9-dom-inspector_1.9.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_all.deb
Size/MD5: 125194 abdbdf7f8a7597a88c60af6d98ad3be3
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Size/MD5: 235304 8c3f950ba19f57700fb82918f343bed3
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon):
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Size/MD5: 1086672 7399df1205d00bd6124d03fc63cf6592
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xulrunner-1.9/xulrunner-1.9-dev_1.9.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 4035336 eaff46064356cea1e966ab221e45eb30
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xulrunner-1.9/xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support_1.9.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 48656 41dc8e708b4972e61b2e12ab54c0c4fc
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Size/MD5: 9031700 f608db020679c1a062deaf017d5defd2
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD):
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox-3.0/firefox-3.0-dev_3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 9028 a8fd22201b420b5b0fa11fab1c9466d3
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox-3.0/firefox-3.0-gnome-support_3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 25726 823066888e006035bbe5f1eb790eccfa
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox-3.0/firefox-3.0_3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1065018 32827a47e8cd521d89391879a3d84d5c
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xulrunner-1.9/xulrunner-1.9-dev_1.9.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 4016914 4285536cc152b65fa881946890b44185
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xulrunner-1.9/xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support_1.9.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 38514 04869df4ca726ad6c59d2e43383bf4f6
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lpia architecture (Low Power Intel Architecture):
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Size/MD5: 1063126 4e9a3f4c3adaacb731b9d715e38fd3e2
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Size/MD5: 4012342 92f97468c8260b9980d348024b3b6971
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powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5):
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