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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-11708): Firefox vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-11708): Firefox vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/20/2019
Created
06/26/2019
Added
06/24/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

References

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