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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2019.0155
Mozilla MFSA 2019-16 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 67.0.2
12 June 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Firefox
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-11702
Member content until: Friday, July 12 2019
OVERVIEW
Mozilla has released a security advisory relating to Firefox. [1]
IMPACT
Mozilla states:
"A hyperlink using protocols associated with Internet Explorer, such as IE.HTTP:
, can be used to open local files at a known location with Internet Explorer if
a user approves execution when prompted.
*Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are
unaffected." [1]
MITIGATION
Upgrade to Firefox 67.0.2
REFERENCES
[1] MFSA 2019-16 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 67.0.2
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-16/
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