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Ubuntu 19.04 Security Advisory 4101-1: Firefox Password Risk

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Calendar Grey August 16, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
An individual with access could take advantage of a Chrome flaw on Debian, potentially retrieving stored credentials. Immediate action needed.
A local attacker could obtain saved passwords.

Summary

A local attacker could obtain saved passwords.

Software Description:

- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

It was discovered that passwords could be copied to the clipboard from the

"Saved Logins" dialog without entering the master password, even when a

master password has been set. A local attacker could potentially exploit

this to obtain saved passwords.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  firefox                         68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox                         68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  firefox                         68.0.2+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-4101-1

CVE-2019-11733

Severity
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August 16, 2019

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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