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The following updates has been released for Ubuntu Linux:

USN-3918-4: Firefox regressions
USN-3949-1: OpenJDK 11 vulnerability



USN-3918-4: Firefox regressions


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3918-4
April 16, 2019

firefox regressions
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

USN-3918-1 caused a regression in Firefox.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

USN-3918-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused web
compatibility and performance issues with some websites. This update fixes
the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

 Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
 tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
 potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
 crash, denial of service via successive FTP authorization prompts or modal
 alerts, trick the user with confusing permission request prompts, obtain
 sensitive information, conduct social engineering attacks, or execute
 arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9788, CVE-2019-9789, CVE-2019-9790,
 CVE-2019-9791, CVE-2019-9792, CVE-2019-9795, CVE-2019-9796, CVE-2019-9797,
 CVE-2019-9799, CVE-2019-9802, CVE-2019-9805, CVE-2019-9806, CVE-2019-9807,
 CVE-2019-9808, CVE-2019-9809)
 
 A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string,
 array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been disabled.
 If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website with
 Spectre mitigations disabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this
 to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9793)
 
 It was discovered that Upgrade-Insecure-Requests was incorrectly enforced
 for same-origin navigation. An attacker could potentially exploit this to
 conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. (CVE-2019-9803)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  firefox  66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox  66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  firefox  66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  firefox  66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3918-4
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3918-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1825051

Package Information:
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/66.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

USN-3949-1: OpenJDK 11 vulnerability


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3949-1
April 16, 2019

openjdk-lts vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Java applets or applications could be made to expose sensitive
information.

Software Description:
- openjdk-lts: Open Source Java implementation

Details:

It was discovered that a memory disclosure issue existed in the OpenJDK
Library subsystem. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive
information and possibly bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2019-2422)

Please note that with this update, the OpenJDK package in Ubuntu
18.04 LTS has transitioned from OpenJDK 10 to OpenJDK 11. Several
additional packages were updated to be compatible with OpenJDK 11.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
openjdk-11-jdk 11.0.2+9-3ubuntu1~18.04.3
openjdk-11-jre 11.0.2+9-3ubuntu1~18.04.3

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart any Java
applications or applets to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3949-1
CVE-2019-2422

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-lts/11.0.2+9-3ubuntu1~18.04.3