Ubuntu Security Notice 1400-5 - USN-1400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. Firefox 11 started using GSettings to access the system proxy settings. If there is a GSettings proxy settings schema, Firefox will consume it. The GSettings proxy settings schema that was shipped by default was unused by other applications and broke Firefox's ability to use system proxy settings. This update removes the unused schema. Various other issues were also addressed.
07e1cf6fd8987b086263aacb60563d76b5fd0d0116bf4c2083136d6fc4896fd2Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-032 - Security issues were identified and fixed in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. Security researchers Blair Strang and Scott Bell of Security Assessment found that when a parent window spawns and closes a child window that uses the file open dialog, a crash can be induced in shlwapi.dll on 32-bit Windows 7 systems. This crash may be potentially exploitable. Firefox prevents the dropping of javascript: links onto a frame to prevent malicious sites from tricking users into performing a cross-site scripting attacks on themselves. Security researcher Soroush Dalili reported a way to bypass this protection. Various other issues were also addressed.
3cbc2c67f035fe9b1398b1120f8f0507ea8dbc4b9d3dce95d3e1907578dea5a9Ubuntu Security Notice 1400-4 - USN-1400-3 fixed vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. The new Thunderbird version caused a regression in IMAP connections and mail filtering. This update fixes the problem. Soroush Dalili discovered that Firefox did not adequately protect against dropping JavaScript links onto a frame. Atte Kettunen discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in Firefox's handling of SVG animations. Various other issues were also addressed.
383ee8f33b48cc0d16f1ee299e10b50a13188dcf42cd76498072c4c7bb351a6cUbuntu 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.
553d78be7f7ed2853eaa6177ea136db38c2d1a480fb986ca79ad0876030a8c06Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-032 - Security issues were identified and fixed in mozilla firefox and thunderbird. Security researchers Blair Strang and Scott Bell of Security Assessment found that when a parent window spawns and closes a child window that uses the file open dialog, a crash can be induced in shlwapi.dll on 32-bit Windows 7 systems. Security researcher Soroush Dalili reported a way to bypass this protection. Security researcher Atte Kettunen from OUSPG found two issues with Firefox's handling of SVG using the Address Sanitizer tool. Various other issues were also addressed.
49b3630cca0e0de5bb12bfca94a302580b25a97edcb8bcd005ed74bcb9ba23bfUbuntu Security Notice 1400-2 - USN-1400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides an updated ubufox package for use with the latest Firefox. 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 were also addressed.
5b55ea6fffee26c72843021b56e71cfb46a31c56e38ee3b9f75b058db2e502a3Ubuntu Security Notice 1400-1 - 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. Various other issues were also addressed.
6ec8a17ac5494f22879ac72d2367bc10e24938596bb360d6ddb0c7b09b2668c5Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0387-01 - Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. Two flaws were found in the way Firefox parsed certain Scalable Vector Graphics image files. A web page containing a malicious SVG image file could cause an information leak, or cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
54c3b9a3bc3b539c19efaab86387cb31f5468f34c7133309f16ce134aab81c47Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0388-01 - Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. Two flaws were found in the way Thunderbird parsed certain Scalable Vector Graphics image files. An HTML mail message containing a malicious SVG image file could cause an information leak, or cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird.
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