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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-12370): Firefox regressions

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-12370): Firefox regressions

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
01/20/2021

Description

In Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. This allows for a payload to be triggered when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypassing CSRF protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 61.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

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