CVE-2012-4205

Publication date 21 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 assign the system principal, rather than the sandbox principal, to XMLHttpRequest objects created in sandboxes, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a sandboxed add-on.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
seamonkey 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
thunderbird 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 17.0+build2-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xulrunner-1.9.2 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xulrunner-2.0 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

xulrunner-1.9.2 unmaintained upstream (see README.mozilla for details)

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1638-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 21 November 2012
    • USN-1636-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 21 November 2012

Other references