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Ubuntu 18.04: USN-4054-2 Critical: Firefox Minor Issues Resolved

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Calendar Grey July 25, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Some glitches in Firefox have been identified following the USN-4054-1 security update; resolutions are provided for Ubuntu versions 18.04 and 19.04.
USN-4054-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.

Summary

USN-4054-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.

Software Description:

- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

USN-4054-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced

various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

 A sandbox escape was discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to

 installing a malicious language pack, an attacker could exploit this to

 gain additional privileges. (CVE-2019-9811)

 

 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, obtain sensitive

 information, bypass same origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting

 (XSS) attacks, conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks, spoof

 origin attributes, spoof the addressbar contents, bypass safebrowsing

 protection...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  firefox                         68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox                         68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  firefox                         68.0.1+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-4054-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4054-1

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1837941

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Package Information

 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/68.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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