The package firefox before version 72.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, insufficient validation, access restriction bypass and denial of service.
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202001-1
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Severity: Critical
Date : 2020-01-08
CVE-ID : CVE-2019-17016 CVE-2019-17017 CVE-2019-17020 CVE-2019-17022
CVE-2019-17023 CVE-2019-17024 CVE-2019-17025
Package : firefox
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1084
Summary
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The package firefox before version 72.0-1 is vulnerable to multiple
issues including arbitrary code execution, insufficient validation,
access restriction bypass and denial of service.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 72.0-1.
# pacman -Syu "firefox>=72.0-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 72.0.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2019-17016 (insufficient validation)
A security issue has been found in Firefox before 72.0. When pasting a