Ubuntu Security Notice 2707-1 - Cody Crews discovered a way to violate the same-origin policy to inject script in to a non-privileged part of the PDF viewer. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this to read sensitive information from local files.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2707-1
August 07, 2015
firefox vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Firefox could be made to expose sensitive information from local files.
Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details:
Cody Crews discovered a way to violate the same-origin policy to inject
script in to a non-privileged part of the PDF viewer. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
exploit this to read sensitive information from local files.
(CVE-2015-4495)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
firefox 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
firefox 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
firefox 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2707-1
CVE-2015-4495
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1