• Firefox vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 20:10:03
    firefox vulnerability

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

    * Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    * Ubuntu 19.10
    * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Summary

    A X-Frame-Options bypass was discovered in Firefox.

    Software Description

    * firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

    Details

    It was discovered that X-Frame-Options could be bypassed in some
    circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
    crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
    conduct clickjacking attacks.

    Update instructions

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

    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    firefox - 78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

    Ubuntu 19.10
    firefox - 78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    firefox - 78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    firefox - 78.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

    References

    * LP: 1887576

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