CVE-2009-2044

Publication date 12 June 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a URI for a large GIF image in the BACKGROUND attribute of a BODY element.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
xulrunner-1.9 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9.1 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.9.1.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.2
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

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. Upstream won't fix the 1.9.0 branch "due to risk". See comment #29 in upstream bug #424333.