MGASA-2019-0116 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 21 Mar 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0116.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-18506,
     CVE-2019-9788,
     CVE-2019-9790,
     CVE-2019-9791,
     CVE-2019-9792,
     CVE-2019-9793,
     CVE-2019-9795,
     CVE-2019-9796

Proxy Auto-Configuration file can define localhost access to be proxied
(CVE-2018-18506).

Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 66 and Firefox ESR 60.6
(CVE-2019-9788).

Use-after-free when removing in-use DOM elements (CVE-2019-9790).

Type inference is incorrect for constructors entered through on-stack
replacement with IonMonkey (CVE-2019-9791).

IonMonkey leaks JS_OPTIMIZED_OUT magic value to script (CVE-2019-9792).

Improper bounds checks when Spectre mitigations are disabled
(CVE-2019-9793).

Type-confusion in IonMonkey JIT compiler (CVE-2019-9795).

Use-after-free with SMIL animation controller (CVE-2019-9796).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24534
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0622
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18506
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9788
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9790
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9791
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9792
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9793
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9795
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9796

SRPMS:
- 6/core/firefox-60.6.0-2.mga6
- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.6.0-1.mga6
- 6/core/nspr-4.21-1.mga6
- 6/core/rootcerts-20190306.00-1.mga6
- 6/core/nss-3.36.7-1.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0116: firefox security update

Proxy Auto-Configuration file can define localhost access to be proxied (CVE-2018-18506)

Summary

Proxy Auto-Configuration file can define localhost access to be proxied (CVE-2018-18506).
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 66 and Firefox ESR 60.6 (CVE-2019-9788).
Use-after-free when removing in-use DOM elements (CVE-2019-9790).
Type inference is incorrect for constructors entered through on-stack replacement with IonMonkey (CVE-2019-9791).
IonMonkey leaks JS_OPTIMIZED_OUT magic value to script (CVE-2019-9792).
Improper bounds checks when Spectre mitigations are disabled (CVE-2019-9793).
Type-confusion in IonMonkey JIT compiler (CVE-2019-9795).
Use-after-free with SMIL animation controller (CVE-2019-9796).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24534

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0622

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18506

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9788

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9790

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9791

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9792

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9793

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9795

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9796

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0116 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/firefox-60.6.0-2.mga6

- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.6.0-1.mga6

- 6/core/nspr-4.21-1.mga6

- 6/core/rootcerts-20190306.00-1.mga6

- 6/core/nss-3.36.7-1.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 21 Mar 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0116.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-18506, CVE-2019-9788, CVE-2019-9790, CVE-2019-9791, CVE-2019-9792, CVE-2019-9793, CVE-2019-9795, CVE-2019-9796

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