MGASA-2019-0315 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 07 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0315.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-11757,
     CVE-2019-11758,
     CVE-2019-11759,
     CVE-2019-11760,
     CVE-2019-11761,
     CVE-2019-11762,
     CVE-2019-11763,
     CVE-2019-11764,
     CVE-2019-15903

The updated packages fix several bugs and some security issues:

Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB.
(CVE-2019-11757)

Potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security.
(CVE-2019-11758)

Stack buffer overflow in HKDF output. (CVE-2019-11759)

Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking. (CVE-2019-11760)

Unintended access to a privileged JSONView object. (CVE-2019-11761)

document.domain-based origin isolation has same-origin-property violation.
(CVE-2019-11762)

Incorrect HTML parsing results in XSS bypass technique. (CVE-2019-11763)

Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2.
(CVE-2019-11764)

Heap overflow in expat library in XML_GetCurrentLineNumber.
(CVE-2019-15903)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25595
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.2.0/releasenotes/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-33/
- - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3193
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11757
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11758
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11759
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11760
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11761
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11762
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11763
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11764
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15903

SRPMS:
- 7/core/firefox-68.2.0-1.mga7
- 7/core/firefox-l10n-68.2.0-1.mga7
- 7/core/nspr-4.23-1.mga7
- 7/core/nss-3.47.0-1.mga7
- 7/core/rootcerts-20191011.00-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0315: firefox security update

The updated packages fix several bugs and some security issues: Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB

Summary

The updated packages fix several bugs and some security issues:
Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB. (CVE-2019-11757)
Potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security. (CVE-2019-11758)
Stack buffer overflow in HKDF output. (CVE-2019-11759)
Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking. (CVE-2019-11760)
Unintended access to a privileged JSONView object. (CVE-2019-11761)
document.domain-based origin isolation has same-origin-property violation. (CVE-2019-11762)
Incorrect HTML parsing results in XSS bypass technique. (CVE-2019-11763)
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2. (CVE-2019-11764)
Heap overflow in expat library in XML_GetCurrentLineNumber. (CVE-2019-15903)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25595

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/68.2.0/releasenotes/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-33/

- - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3193

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11757

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11758

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11759

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11760

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11761

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11762

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11763

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11764

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15903

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0315 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/firefox-68.2.0-1.mga7

- 7/core/firefox-l10n-68.2.0-1.mga7

- 7/core/nspr-4.23-1.mga7

- 7/core/nss-3.47.0-1.mga7

- 7/core/rootcerts-20191011.00-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 07 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0315.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-11757, CVE-2019-11758, CVE-2019-11759, CVE-2019-11760, CVE-2019-11761, CVE-2019-11762, CVE-2019-11763, CVE-2019-11764, CVE-2019-15903

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