If hyperthreading is not disabled, a timing attack vulnerability exists, similar to previous Spectre attacks. Apple has shipped macOS 10.14.5 with an option to disable hyperthreading in applications running untrusted code in a thread through a new sysctl. Firefox now makes use of it on the main thread and any worker threads. *Note: users need to update to macOS 10.14.5 in order to take advantage of this change.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefox-esr | Aug 22, 2024 | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade waterfoxUpgrade linux-firefox | May 23, 2019 | May 22, 2019 |
| Mfsa2019 13 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 67.0 | May 22, 2019 | May 21, 2019 |
| Mfsa2019 14 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 60.7 | May 22, 2019 | May 21, 2019 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 60.7Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird | May 23, 2019 | May 21, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 60.7.0-11.4.10.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 60.7.0-11.4.10.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 60.7.0-11.4.10.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 60.7.0-11.4.10.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Jun 26, 2019 | Jun 26, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamUpgrade mozillafirefox-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbolsUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-common | May 31, 2019 | May 21, 2019 |
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