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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3801-2

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3801-2
Posted Nov 23, 2018
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3801-2 - USN-3801-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems. 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, bypass CSP restrictions, spoof the protocol registration notification bar, leak SameSite cookies, bypass mixed content warnings, or execute arbitrary code. Multiple security issues were discovered with WebExtensions in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit these to bypass domain restrictions, gain additional privileges, or run content scripts in local pages without permission. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary, local, spoof, vulnerability, protocol
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2018-12398, CVE-2018-12403
SHA-256 | 19adff75e4651cdc2641de4dfbb8e5a60a5f17ff9dd101eda5aab4bf371e654b

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3801-2

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3801-2
November 23, 2018

firefox regressions
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

USN-3801-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

USN-3801-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various
minor regressions. This update fixes the problems.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

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, bypass CSP
restrictions, spoof the protocol registration notification bar, leak
SameSite cookies, bypass mixed content warnings, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2018-12388, CVE-2018-12390, CVE-2018-12392, CVE-2018-12393,
CVE-2018-12398, CVE-2018-12399, CVE-2018-12401, CVE-2018-12402,
CVE-2018-12403)

Multiple security issues were discovered with WebExtensions in Firefox.
If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to bypass domain restrictions,
gain additional privileges, or run content scripts in local pages without
permission. (CVE-2018-12395, CVE-2018-12396, CVE-2018-12397)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
firefox 63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
firefox 63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
firefox 63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
firefox 63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3801-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3801-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1804881

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/63.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


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