=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2557-1
April 07, 2015

firefox vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Firefox could be made to bypass SSL certificate verification.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

Muneaki Nishimura discovered a flaw in Mozilla's HTTP Alternative Services
implementation which meant SSL certificate verification could be bypassed
in some circumstances. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to
conduct a man in the middle attack. (CVE-2015-0799)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  firefox                         37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  firefox                         37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  firefox                         37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2557-1
  CVE-2015-0799

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Ubuntu 2557-1: Firefox vulnerability

April 7, 2015
Firefox could be made to bypass SSL certificate verification.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: firefox 37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: firefox 37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: firefox 37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2557-1

CVE-2015-0799

Severity
April 07, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/37.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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