Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1367-2
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
USN-1367-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libpng. This provides the corresponding update for Firefox.
Original advisory details:
Jueri Aedla discovered that libpng did not properly verify the size used when allocating memory during chunk decompression. If a user or automated system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-3026)
Affected
firefox on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-3026 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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