Security Alert (A18-06-09): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox


 

Published on: 27 June 2018

Description:

Mozilla has published security advisories to address multiple vulnerabilities found in Firefox. A remote attacker could entice a user running the vulnerable browser to open a web page with specially crafted content to exploit the vulnerabilities.

 

Affected Systems:

  • Firefox prior to version 61
  • Firefox ESR prior to version 52.9
  • Firefox ESR prior to version 60.1

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to arbitrary code execution, information disclosure, elevation of privilege, security permission bypass, cross-site scripting or application crash on an affected system.

 

Recommendation:

Mozilla has released new versions of the product to address the issues and they can be downloaded at the following URLs:

  • Firefox 61 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

  • Firefox ESR 52.9, 60.1 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

 

More Information:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/18062701
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/06/26/Mozilla-Releases-Security-Updates-Firefox
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5156
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5186 (to CVE-2018-5188)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12358 (to CVE-2018-12371)

 



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