USN-3705-2

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USN-3705-2

Summary: firefox regressions

Details: USN-3705-1 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, read uninitialized memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions, bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187, CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360, CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364, CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2018-12370, CVE-2018-12371) A security issue was discovered with WebExtensions. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain full browser permissions. (CVE-2018-12369)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3705-2, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1781009