MGASA-2019-0131 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0131.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-9810,
     CVE-2019-9813

Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for
Array.prototype.slice method may lead to missing bounds check and a buffer
overflow (CVE-2019-9810).

Incorrect handling of __proto__ mutations may lead to type confusion in
IonMonkey JIT code and can be leveraged for arbitrary memory read and
write (CVE-2019-9813).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24549
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-10/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9810
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9813

SRPMS:
- 6/core/firefox-60.6.1-2.mga6
- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.6.1-1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0131: firefox security update

Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for Array.prototype.slice method may lead to missing bounds check and a buffer overflow (CVE-2019-9810)

Summary

Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for Array.prototype.slice method may lead to missing bounds check and a buffer overflow (CVE-2019-9810).
Incorrect handling of __proto__ mutations may lead to type confusion in IonMonkey JIT code and can be leveraged for arbitrary memory read and write (CVE-2019-9813).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24549

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-10/

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

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9810

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9813

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0131 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/firefox-60.6.1-2.mga6

- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.6.1-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 05 Apr 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0131.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-9810, CVE-2019-9813

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