Ubuntu Security Notice 3552-1 - Johann Hofmann discovered that HTML fragments created for chrome-privileged documents were not properly sanitized. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3552-1
January 31, 2018
firefox vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Firefox could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a
malicious website.
Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details:
Johann Hofmann discovered that HTML fragments created for
chrome-privileged documents were not properly sanitized. An attacker
could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5124)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10:
firefox 58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
firefox 58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
firefox 58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3552-1
CVE-2018-5124
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1