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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2019.0269
MFSA 2019-31 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 69.0.1
19 September 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: mozilla firefox
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-11754
Member content until: Saturday, October 19 2019
Reference: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-31/
OVERVIEW
A security update for Mozilla Firefox has been released as version
69.0.1, addressing vulnerabilities rated by Mozilla as priority
"moderate". [1]
IMPACT
Mozilla has provided the following information:
"Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2019-31
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 69.0.1
Announced
September 18, 2019
Impact
moderate
Products
Firefox
Fixed in
Firefox 69.0.1
# CVE-2019-11754: Pointer Lock is enabled with no user notification
Reporter
Johann Hofmann
Impact
moderate
Description
When the pointer lock is enabled by a website though requestPointerLock() , no
user notification is given. This could allow a malicious website to hijack the
mouse pointer and confuse users.
References
o Bug 1580506" [1]
MITIGATION
Mozilla advises updating to Firefox 69.0.1 to address this vulnerability. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] MFSA 2019-31 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 69.0.1
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-31/
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