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Ubuntu 19.04 LTS: USN-3991-1 Moderate: Firefox Denial Of Service

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Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3991-1
May 21, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

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 cause a denial of service, spoof the browser
UI, trick the user in to launching local executable binaries, obtain
sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11691, CVE-2019-11692, CVE-2019-11693,
CVE-2019-11695, CVE-2019-11696, CVE-2019-11699, CVE-2019-11701,
CVE-2019-7317, CVE-2019-9800, CVE-2019-9814, CVE-2019-9817, CVE-2019-9819,
CVE-2019-9820, CVE-2019-9821)

It was discovered that pressing certain key combinations could bypass
addon installation prompt delays. If a user opened a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to trick them in to
installing a malicious extension. (CVE-2019-11697)

It was discovered that history data could be exposed via drag and drop
of hyperlinks to and from bookmarks. If a user were tricked in to dragging
a specially crafted hyperlink to the bookmark toolbar or sidebar, and
subsequently back in to the web content area, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-11698)

A type confusion bug was discovered with object groups and UnboxedObjects.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website after
enabling the UnboxedObjects feature, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to bypass security checks. (CVE-2019-9816)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3991-1
  CVE-2019-11691, CVE-2019-11692, CVE-2019-11693, CVE-2019-11695,
  CVE-2019-11696, CVE-2019-11697, CVE-2019-11698, CVE-2019-11699,
  CVE-2019-11701, CVE-2019-7317, CVE-2019-9800, CVE-2019-9814,
  CVE-2019-9816, CVE-2019-9817, CVE-2019-9819, CVE-2019-9820,
  CVE-2019-9821

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 19.04 LTS: USN-3991-1 Moderate: Firefox Denial Of Service

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Numerous security flaws present in Firefox on Ubuntu may result in system crashes or allow rogue applications to run through harmful websites.
Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04:   firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.10:   firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:   firefox                         67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3991-1

  CVE-2019-11691, CVE-2019-11692, CVE-2019-11693, CVE-2019-11695,

  CVE-2019-11696, CVE-2019-11697, CVE-2019-11698, CVE-2019-11699,

  CVE-2019-11701, CVE-2019-7317, CVE-2019-9800, CVE-2019-9814,

  CVE-2019-9816, CVE-2019-9817, CVE-2019-9819, CVE-2019-9820,

  CVE-2019-9821

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May 21, 2019

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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