Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 714
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 714

Ubuntu 4122-1: Critical Firefox Crashes Due To Malicious Websites

ubuntu
Calendar Grey September 4, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Reveal critical Firefox security flaws affecting Ubuntu systems. This encompasses upgrade instructions and specifics on potential exploits to enhance user safety.
Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory code execution DoS Ubuntu firefox crash malicious website

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: firefox 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: firefox 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: firefox 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2019-11734, CVE-2019-11735, CVE-2019-11737, CVE-2019-11738,

CVE-2019-11740, CVE-2019-11741, CVE-2019-11742, CVE-2019-11743,

CVE-2019-11744, CVE-2019-11746, CVE-2019-11747, CVE-2019-11748,

CVE-2019-11749, CVE-2019-11750, CVE-2019-11752, CVE-2019-5849,

CVE-2019-9812

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

September 04, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory code execution DoS Ubuntu firefox crash malicious website

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here