USN-2031-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Publication date

20 November 2013

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.


Packages

  • firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly exploit
these to cause a denial of service via application crash, potentially
execute arbitrary code, or lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2013-1741,
CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5607)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly exploit
these to cause a denial of service via application crash, potentially
execute arbitrary code, or lead to information disclosure. (CVE-2013-1741,
CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5607)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.10 saucy firefox –  25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
13.04 raring firefox –  25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
12.10 quantal firefox –  25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 precise firefox –  25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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