Summary
USN-3761-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused several
regressions affecting spellchecker dictionaries and search engines. 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, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12375, CVE-2018-12376, CVE-2018-12377,
CVE-2018-12378)
It was discovered that if a user saved passwords before Firefox 58 and
then later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords
would still be accessible. A local user could exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12383)
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS | firefox | 62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 |
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | firefox | 62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | firefox | 62.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4 |
References
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report
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1791789