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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.3941.2
USN-4165-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
6 November 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Firefox
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-17002 CVE-2019-17001 CVE-2019-17000
CVE-2019-15903 CVE-2019-11765 CVE-2019-11764
CVE-2019-11763 CVE-2019-11762 CVE-2019-11761
CVE-2019-11760 CVE-2019-11759 CVE-2019-11757
CVE-2018-6156
Reference: ASB-2019.0307
ESB-2019.3936
Original Bulletin:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4165-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4165-2/
Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) Ubuntu security advisories.
This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Ubuntu. It is recommended that administrators
running Firefox check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
Revision History: November 6 2019: update to fix regression introduced by
original fix
October 24 2019: Initial Release
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USN-4165-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
23 October 2019
firefox vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 19.10
o Ubuntu 19.04
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
malicious website.
Software Description
o firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit
these to cause a denial of service, bypass security restrictions, bypass
same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, bypass
content security policy (CSP) protections, or execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
firefox - 70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
Ubuntu 19.04
firefox - 70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
firefox - 70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
firefox - 70.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the
necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2018-6156
o CVE-2019-11757
o CVE-2019-11759
o CVE-2019-11760
o CVE-2019-11761
o CVE-2019-11762
o CVE-2019-11763
o CVE-2019-11764
o CVE-2019-11765
o CVE-2019-15903
o CVE-2019-17000
o CVE-2019-17001
o CVE-2019-17002
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USN-4165-2: Firefox regressions
5 November 2019
firefox regressions
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 19.10
o Ubuntu 19.04
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
USN-4165-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.
Software Description
o firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
USN-4165-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various
minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit
these to cause a denial of service, bypass security restrictions, bypass
same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, bypass
content security policy (CSP) protections, or execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
Ubuntu 19.04
firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the
necessary changes.
References
o USN-4165-1
o LP: 1851445
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