Security Bulletin: Multiple Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities in IBM SONAS

Summary

There are security vulnerabilities in versions of Mozilla Firefox that are shipped with versions 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.10 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-2018-12397 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a missing warning prompt when WebExtension requests local file access. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to run content scripts in local pages without permission warnings when a local file is opened.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151896&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12396 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in WebExtension. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute context scripts in disallowed contexts and gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151895&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12395 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error when rewriting the Host request headers using the webRequest API. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass domain restrictions and gain access to restricted domains.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151894&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12389 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151904&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12393 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow during Unicode conversion. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151893&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12392 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when manipulating user events in nested loops while opening a document through script. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the browser to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151892&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2018-12390 DESCRIPTION: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151890&gt; for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.10

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.11 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of IBM SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.11 or a later version, 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