USN-4278-3: Firefox regressions
firefox regressions
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
USN-4278-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.
Software Description
- firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
USN-4278-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various
minor regressions. This update fixes the problem.
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, 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 – 73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- firefox – 73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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-4278-3: Firefox regressions
