Updated Firefox packages has been released for Ubuntu 19.10, 19.04, 18.04 LTS, and 16.04 LTS
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4165-2
November 05, 2019
firefox regressions
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
USN-4165-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.
Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details:
USN-4165-1 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, bypass security
restrictions, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site
scripting (XSS) attacks, bypass content security policy (CSP) protections,
or execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10:
firefox 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
Ubuntu 19.04:
firefox 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
firefox 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
firefox 70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4165-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4165-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1851445
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/70.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
