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Debian: CVE-2019-11708: firefox-esr, thunderbird -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-11708: firefox-esr, thunderbird -- security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/26/2019
Created
06/27/2019
Added
06/26/2019
Modified
05/24/2022

Description

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • debian-upgrade-thunderbird

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