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Ubuntu 19.04: 4020-1 Severe: Firefox Denial Of Service Threat

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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-4020-1
June 19, 2019

firefox vulnerability
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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:

A type confusion bug was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could exploit this by
causing a denial of service, or executing arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  firefox                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  firefox                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  firefox                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4020-1
  CVE-2019-11707

Package Information:
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 19.04: 4020-1 Severe: Firefox Denial Of Service Threat

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A vulnerability in Firefox might permit unauthorized code execution via compromised web pages. Users on Ubuntu advised to upgrade their browsers.
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                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.10:   firefox                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   firefox                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:   firefox                         67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4020-1

  CVE-2019-11707

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June 19, 2019

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/67.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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