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Mageia 6: 2019-0089 Moderate: Firefox Use-After-Free and Overflow Issues

mageia
Calendar Grey February 17, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2019-0089 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 17 Feb 2019
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Skia library can occur when creating a path, leading to a potentially exploitable crash (CVE-2018-18356)

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Skia library can occur when creating a path, leading to a potentially exploitable crash (CVE-2018-18356).
An integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia library can occur after specific transform operations, leading to a potentially exploitable crash (CVE-2019-5785).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24361

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-05/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18356

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5785

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory firefox integer overflow use-after-free Mageia exploitable crash Skia library

Resolution

SRPMS

- 6/core/firefox-60.5.1-1.mga6

- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.5.1-1.mga6

Publication date: 17 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0089.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-18356, CVE-2019-5785

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory firefox integer overflow use-after-free Mageia exploitable crash Skia library

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