A local attacker could obtain saved passwords.
It was discovered that passwords could be copied to the clipboard from the "Saved Logins" dialog without entering the master password, even when a master password has been set. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain saved passwords.
16 August 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
A local attacker could obtain saved passwords.
It was discovered that passwords could be copied to the clipboard from the "Saved Logins" dialog without entering the master password, even when a master password has been set. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain saved passwords.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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