firefox regression

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-5849   CVE-2019-11734   CVE-2019-11735   CVE-2019-11737   CVE-2019-11738   CVE-2019-11740   CVE-2019-11742   CVE-2019-11743   CVE-2019-11744   CVE-2019-11746   CVE-2019-11748   CVE-2019-11749   CVE-2019-11750   CVE-2019-11752   CVE-2019-9812   CVE-2019-11741   CVE-2019-11747  

USN-4122-1 caused a regression in Firefox.

USN-4122-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a regression that resulted in a crash when changing YouTube playback speed in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem.

8 October 2019

firefox regression

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 19.04
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

USN-4122-1 caused a regression in Firefox.

Software Description

  • firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

USN-4122-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a regression that resulted in a crash when changing YouTube playback speed in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem.

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 obtain sensitive information, bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) protections, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5849, CVE-2019-11734, CVE-2019-11735, CVE-2019-11737, CVE-2019-11738, CVE-2019-11740, CVE-2019-11742, CVE-2019-11743, CVE-2019-11744, CVE-2019-11746, CVE-2019-11748, CVE-2019-11749, CVE-2019-11750, CVE-2019-11752)

It was discovered that a compromised content process could log in to a malicious Firefox Sync account. An attacker could potentially exploit this, in combination with another vulnerability, to disable the sandbox. (CVE-2019-9812)

It was discovered that addons.mozilla.org and accounts.firefox.com could be loaded in to the same content process. An attacker could potentially exploit this, in combination with another vulnerability that allowed a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, to modify browser settings. (CVE-2019-11741)

It was discovered that the "Forget about this site" feature in the history pane removes HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) settings for sites on the pre-load list. An attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass the protections offered by HSTS. (CVE-2019-11747)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04
firefox - 69.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
firefox - 69.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
firefox - 69.0.2+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.

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