CVE-2009-1044

Publication date 27 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 on Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the _moveToEdgeShift XUL tree method, which triggers garbage collection on objects that are still in use, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy
Fixed in 2.0.0.21~tb.21.308+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614l-0ubuntu1
xulrunner 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed in 1.8.1.18+nobinonly.b308.cvs20090331t155113-0ubuntu0.7.10.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 1.9.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed in 1.9.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 1.9.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9.1 11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 1.9.1~rc2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 1.9.1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

kees

very late in the day announcement http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2009/03/27/firefox-308-security-release-now-available/

jdstrand

CVEs in Firefox are tracked in the xulrunner source packages. The mapping of xulrunner sources to firefox is: xulrunner (1.8.0): firefox (1.5) - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS xulrunner (1.8.1): firefox (2.0) - Ubuntu 6.10 - 8.04 LTS xulrunner-1.9: firefox-3.0 xulrunner-1.9.1: firefox-3.5 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.04 LTS uses the embedded xulrunner and not the system xulrunner-1.9.2, so it is tracked in the firefox source package.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-745-1
    • Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
    • 28 March 2009

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