Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package firefox-esr version 78.2.0-alt1

Aug. 25, 2020 Andrey Cherepanov 78.2.0-alt1 - New release 78.2.0. - Fixes: + CVE-2020-15663 Downgrade attack on the Mozilla Maintenance Service could have resulted in escalation of privilege + CVE-2020-15664 Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation + CVE-2020-15670 Memory safety bugs...

Mozilla Firefox ESR < 78.2

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 78.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-38 advisory. - Mozilla developers Jason Kratzer, Christian Holler, and Byron Campen reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox...

CVE-2020-15650

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings but not access the previous profile. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects...

PT-2021-7580 · Mozilla +5 · Firefox Esr +6

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Mozilla Thunderbird versions prior to 78.9 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 78.9 Description: The issue is related to an out-of-date graphics library, Angle, which may contain vulnerabilities. It is associated with insufficient input...

CVE-2020-15658

The code for downloading files did not properly take care of special characters, which led to an attacker being able to cut off the file ending at an earlier position, leading to a different file type being downloaded than shown in the dialog. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 78.1, Firefox...

CVE-2020-15649

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to steal and upload local files of their choosing, regardless of the actually files picked. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ES...

CVE-2020-15659

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 78 and Firefox ESR 78.0. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects...

CVE-2020-15654

When in an endless loop, a website specifying a custom cursor using CSS could make it look like the user is interacting with the user interface, when they are not. This could lead to a perceived broken state, especially when interactions with existing browser dialogs and warnings do not work. Thi...

CVE-2020-15656

JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. This risk was already mitigated by various precautions in the code, resulting in this bug rated at only moderate severity. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 78.1, Firefox 79, and Thunderbird 78.1...

CVE-2020-15655

A redirected HTTP request which is observed or modified through a web extension could bypass existing CORS checks, leading to potential disclosure of cross-origin information. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 78.1, Firefox 79, and Thunderbird 78.1...

CVE-2020-15650

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings but not access the previous profile. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects...

Code injection

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings but not access the previous profile. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects...

CVE-2020-15649

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to steal and upload local files of their choosing, regardless of the actually files picked. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ES...

Code injection

An iframe sandbox element with the allow-popups flag could be bypassed when using noopener links. This could have led to security issues for websites relying on sandbox configurations that allowed popups and hosted arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 78.1, Firefox 79, and...

Code injection

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to steal and upload local files of their choosing, regardless of the actually files picked. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ES...

Memory corruption

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 78 and Firefox ESR 78.0. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects...

Code injection

When in an endless loop, a website specifying a custom cursor using CSS could make it look like the user is interacting with the user interface, when they are not. This could lead to a perceived broken state, especially when interactions with existing browser dialogs and warnings do not work. Thi...

CVE-2020-15657

Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This...

CVE-2020-15650

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings but not access the previous profile. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects...

CVE-2020-15653

An iframe sandbox element with the allow-popups flag could be bypassed when using noopener links. This could have led to security issues for websites relying on sandbox configurations that allowed popups and hosted arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 78.1, Firefox 79, and...