=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1635-1
November 21, 2012

libunity-webapps vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

libunity-webapps could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.

Software Description:
- libunity-webapps: UnityWebapps library

Details:

It was discovered that libunity-webapps improperly handled certain hash
tables. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libunity-webapps
to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libunity-webapps0               2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1635-1
  CVE-2012-4551

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libunity-webapps/2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2


Ubuntu 1635-1: libunity-webapps vulnerability

November 21, 2012
libunity-webapps could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: libunity-webapps0 2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1635-1

CVE-2012-4551

Severity
November 21, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libunity-webapps/2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2

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