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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2018.0774
                           Firefox vulnerability
                               19 March 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           firefox
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
                   Denial of Service               -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-5146  

Reference:         ASB-2018.0060

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3599-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3599-1
March 16, 2018

firefox vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- - Ubuntu 17.10
- - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.

Software Description:
- - firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

An out-of-bounds write was discovered when processing Vorbis audio data.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an
attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5146)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 17.10:
  firefox                         59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  firefox                         59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  firefox                         59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3599-1
  CVE-2018-5146

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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