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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-1424-1] OpenSSL vulnerabilities (Jamie Strandboge)
2. [USN-1400-5] GSettings desktop schemas regression (Micah Gersten)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:40:55 -0500
From: Jamie Strandboge <jamie@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1424-1] OpenSSL vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1424-1
April 19, 2012

openssl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

An application using OpenSSL could be made to crash or run programs if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- openssl: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) cryptographic library and tools

Details:

It was discovered that OpenSSL could be made to dereference a NULL pointer
when processing S/MIME messages. A remote attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service. These issues did not affect Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
(CVE-2006-7250, CVE-2012-1165)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that OpenSSL did not properly perform bounds
checking when processing DER data via BIO or FILE functions. A remote
attacker could trigger this flaw in services that used SSL to cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with application
privileges. (CVE-2012-2110)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
libssl1.0.0 1.0.0e-2ubuntu4.4

Ubuntu 11.04:
libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-5ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libssl0.9.8 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.10

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.17

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1424-1
CVE-2006-7250, CVE-2012-1165, CVE-2012-2110

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.0e-2ubuntu4.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/0.9.8o-5ubuntu1.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.17


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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:18:40 -0500
From: Micah Gersten <micah@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1400-5] GSettings desktop schemas regression
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1400-5
April 20, 2012

gsettings-desktop-schemas regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04

Summary:

Firefox's ability to use system proxy settings regressed.

Software Description:
- gsettings-desktop-schemas: GSettings desktop-wide schemas

Details:

USN-1400-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. Firefox 11 started using
GSettings to access the system proxy settings. If there is a GSettings
proxy settings schema, Firefox will consume it. The GSettings proxy
settings schema that was shipped by default was unused by other
applications and broke Firefox's ability to use system proxy settings. This
update removes the unused schema. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Soroush Dalili discovered that Firefox did not adequately protect against
dropping JavaScript links onto a frame. A remote attacker could, through
cross-site scripting (XSS), exploit this to modify the contents or steal
confidential data. (CVE-2012-0455)

Atte Kettunen discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in Firefox's
handling of SVG animations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2012-0457)

Atte Kettunen discovered an out of bounds read vulnerability in Firefox's
handling of SVG Filters. An attacker could potentially exploit this to make
data from the user's memory accessible to the page content. (CVE-2012-0456)

Mike Brooks discovered that using carriage return line feed (CRLF)
injection, one could introduce a new Content Security Policy (CSP) rule
which allows for cross-site scripting (XSS) on sites with a separate header
injection vulnerability. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a
user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted page, a remote attacker
could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data,
within the same domain. (CVE-2012-0451)

Mariusz Mlynski discovered that the Home button accepted JavaScript links
to set the browser Home page. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
get the script URL loaded in the privileged about:sessionrestore context.
(CVE-2012-0458)

Daniel Glazman discovered that the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
implementation is vulnerable to crashing due to modification of a keyframe
followed by access to the cssText of the keyframe. If the user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted web page, an attacker could exploit this
to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute
code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-0459)

Matt Brubeck discovered that Firefox did not properly restrict access to
the window.fullScreen object. If the user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted web page, an attacker could potentially use this
vulnerability to spoof the user interface. (CVE-2012-0460)

Bob Clary, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Michael Bebenita, David
Anderson, Jeff Walden, Vincenzo Iozzo, and Willem Pinckaers discovered
memory safety issues affecting Firefox. If the user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could exploit these to
cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute
code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2012-0461,
CVE-2012-0462, CVE-2012-0464)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.04:
gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.0.0-0ubuntu1.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1400-5
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1400-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/956961

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gsettings-desktop-schemas/3.0.0-0ubuntu1.1

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