USN-4234-2: Firefox regressions
firefox regressions
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
USN-4234-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.
Software Description
- firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
USN-4234-1 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, obtain sensitive
information, bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions, conduct
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- firefox – 72.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- firefox – 72.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox – 72.0.2+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
Source: USN-4234-2: Firefox regressions
