DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18505

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18505

    Published: 5 Feb 2019Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-18505

    Summary:

    Details: An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18505

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox-esr

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -60.5.0esr-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High