USN-4165-2: Firefox regressions
firefox regressions
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
USN-4165-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.
Software Description
- firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
USN-4165-1 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 security restrictions, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, bypass content security policy (CSP) protections, or execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- Ubuntu 19.04
- firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox - 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2NIYSQn