Packages
- firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
A sandbox escape was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to
installing a malicious language pack, an attacker could exploit this to
gain additional privileges. (CVE-2019-9811)
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, obtain sensitive
information, bypass same origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks, conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks, spoof
origin attributes, spoof the addressbar contents, bypass safebrowsing
protections, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11709, CVE-2019-11710,
CVE-2019-11711, CVE-2019-11712,
A sandbox escape was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to
installing a malicious language pack, an attacker could exploit this to
gain additional privileges. (CVE-2019-9811)
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, obtain sensitive
information, bypass same origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks, conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks, spoof
origin attributes, spoof the addressbar contents, bypass safebrowsing
protections, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11709, CVE-2019-11710,
CVE-2019-11711, CVE-2019-11712, CVE-2019-11713, CVE-2019-11714,
CVE-2019-11715, CVE-2019-11716, CVE-2019-11717, CVE-2019-11718,
CVE-2019-11719, CVE-2019-11720, CVE-2019-11721, CVE-2019-11723,
CVE-2019-11724, CVE-2019-11725, CVE-2019-11727, CVE-2019-11728,
CVE-2019-11729)
It was discovered that Firefox treats all files in a directory as same
origin. If a user were tricked in to downloading a specially crafted HTML
file, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive
information from local files. (CVE-2019-11730)
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.04 disco | firefox – 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 | ||
| 18.10 cosmic | firefox – 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 | ||
| 18.04 bionic | firefox – 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | ||
| 16.04 xenial | firefox – 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | ||
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References
- CVE-2019-9811
- CVE-2019-11730
- CVE-2019-11729
- CVE-2019-11728
- CVE-2019-11727
- CVE-2019-11725
- CVE-2019-11724
- CVE-2019-11723
- CVE-2019-11721
- CVE-2019-11720
- CVE-2019-9811
- CVE-2019-11730
- CVE-2019-11729
- CVE-2019-11728
- CVE-2019-11727
- CVE-2019-11725
- CVE-2019-11724
- CVE-2019-11723
- CVE-2019-11721
- CVE-2019-11720
- CVE-2019-11719
- CVE-2019-11718
- CVE-2019-11717
- CVE-2019-11716
- CVE-2019-11715
- CVE-2019-11714
- CVE-2019-11713
- CVE-2019-11712
- CVE-2019-11711
- CVE-2019-11710
- CVE-2019-11709