1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2571-1

USN-2571-1: Firefox vulnerability

Publication date

24 April 2015

Overview

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Releases

Packages

  • firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

Robert Kaiser discovered a use-after-free during plugin initialization in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-2706)

Robert Kaiser discovered a use-after-free during plugin initialization in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-2706)

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
15.04 vivid firefox –  37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
14.10 utopic firefox –  37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
14.04 trusty firefox –  37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 precise firefox –  37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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