USN-4101-1: Firefox vulnerability

USN-4101-1: Firefox vulnerability

firefox vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

A local attacker could obtain saved passwords.

Software Description

• firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

It was discovered that passwords could be copied to the clipboard from the
"Saved Logins" dialog without entering the master password, even when a
master password has been set. A local attacker could potentially exploit
this to obtain saved passwords.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

firefox – 68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

firefox – 68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

firefox – 68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-11733

Source: USN-4101-1: Firefox vulnerability