Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting firefox package, versions <68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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- published24 Jul 2019
- disclosed23 Jul 2019
Introduced: 23 Jul 2019
CVE-2019-11712 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 firefox to version 68.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 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.
POST requests made by NPAPI plugins, such as Flash, that receive a status 308 redirect response can bypass CORS requirements. This can allow an attacker to perform Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-11712
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11712
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00002.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11712
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-21/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-22/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-23/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00055.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00058.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1543804
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html