USN-2031-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04

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)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10

• firefox - 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 13.04

• firefox - 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• firefox - 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• firefox - 25.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References

• CVE-2013-1741
• CVE-2013-2566
• CVE-2013-5605
• CVE-2013-5607
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1251576

Related notices

• USN-2030-1: libnss3-1d, nss, libnss3
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• USN-2087-1: libnspr4-0d, nspr, libnspr4