Information Exposure Affecting firefox package, versions <66.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FIREFOX-341176
  • published20 Mar 2019
  • disclosed26 Apr 2019

Introduced: 20 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9802  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 firefox to version 66.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

If a Sandbox content process is compromised, it can initiate an FTP download which will then use a child process to render the downloaded data. The downloaded data can then be passed to the Chrome process with an arbitrary file length supplied by an attacker, bypassing sandbox protections and allow for a potential memory read of adjacent data from the privileged Chrome process, which may include sensitive data. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.