MGASA-2019-0211 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 21 Jul 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0211.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-9811,
     CVE-2019-11711,
     CVE-2019-11712,
     CVE-2019-11713,
     CVE-2019-11729,
     CVE-2019-11715,
     CVE-2019-11717,
     CVE-2019-11719,
     CVE-2019-11730,
     CVE-2019-11709

Sandbox escape via installation of malicious language pack. (CVE-2019-9811)

Script injection within domain through inner window reuse. (CVE-2019-11711)

Cross-origin POST requests can be made with NPAPI plugins by following 308
redirects. (CVE-2019-11712)

Use-after-free with HTTP/2 cached stream. (CVE-2019-11713)

Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault.
(CVE-2019-11729)

HTML parsing error can contribute to content XSS. (CVE-2019-11715)

Caret character improperly escaped in origins. (CVE-2019-11717)

Out-of-bounds read when importing curve25519 private key. (CVE-2019-11719)

Same-origin policy treats all files in a directory as having the
same-origin. (CVE-2019-11730)

Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 68 and Firefox ESR 60.8.
(CVE-2019-11709)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25102
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.8.0/releasenotes/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9811
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11711
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11712
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11713
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11729
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11715
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11717
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11719
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11730
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11709

SRPMS:
- 6/core/firefox-60.8.0-1.mga6
- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.8.0-1.mga6
- 6/core/nss-3.36.8-1.1.mga6
- 6/core/rootcerts-20190604.00-1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0211: firefox security update

Sandbox escape via installation of malicious language pack

Summary

Sandbox escape via installation of malicious language pack. (CVE-2019-9811)
Script injection within domain through inner window reuse. (CVE-2019-11711)
Cross-origin POST requests can be made with NPAPI plugins by following 308 redirects. (CVE-2019-11712)
Use-after-free with HTTP/2 cached stream. (CVE-2019-11713)
Empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys may trigger a segmentation fault. (CVE-2019-11729)
HTML parsing error can contribute to content XSS. (CVE-2019-11715)
Caret character improperly escaped in origins. (CVE-2019-11717)
Out-of-bounds read when importing curve25519 private key. (CVE-2019-11719)
Same-origin policy treats all files in a directory as having the same-origin. (CVE-2019-11730)
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 68 and Firefox ESR 60.8. (CVE-2019-11709)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25102

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.8.0/releasenotes/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9811

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11711

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11712

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11713

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11729

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11715

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11717

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11719

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11730

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11709

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0211 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/firefox-60.8.0-1.mga6

- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.8.0-1.mga6

- 6/core/nss-3.36.8-1.1.mga6

- 6/core/rootcerts-20190604.00-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 21 Jul 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0211.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-9811, CVE-2019-11711, CVE-2019-11712, CVE-2019-11713, CVE-2019-11729, CVE-2019-11715, CVE-2019-11717, CVE-2019-11719, CVE-2019-11730, CVE-2019-11709

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