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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5113): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 24, 2018
Added
Apr 26, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The "browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow" function of WebExtensions is only allowed to load content over "https:" but this requirement was not properly enforced. This can potentially allow privileged pages to be loaded by the extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
Title
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