Security Bulletin: Mozilla Firefox vulnerability in IBM SONAS (CVE-2019-11708)

Summary

There is a security vulnerability in versions of Mozilla Firefox that are shipped with versions 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.11 of IBM SONAS

Vulnerability Details

IBM SONAS is shipped with Mozilla Firefox. There are vulnerabilities in certain versions of Mozilla Firefox shipped in certain versions of IBM SONAS. These vulnerabilities concern the potential ability of a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.

CVEID:CVE-2019-11708 **DESCRIPTION:*Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of user-supplied parameters. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the Prompt:Open IPC message to open arbitrary content from a sandboxed child process to the non-sandboxed parent.
CVSS Base Score: 3.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162774&gt;for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.11

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.12 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of IBM SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.12, so that the fix gets applied.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s) :
Normal operation of IBM SONAS does not require or call for customers to use Firefox to access the Internet. Although IBM recommends that you install a level of IBM SONAS code with a fix, you can avoid these vulnerabilities by not using Mozilla Firefox within your IBM SONAS system to access the Internet.

Mitigation: None