Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-17009
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. *Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Slackware Local Security Checks NASL id SLACKWARE_SSA_2019-337-01.NASL description New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131681 published 2019-12-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131681 title Slackware 14.2 / current : mozilla-firefox (SSA:2019-337-01) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-3347-1.NASL description This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues : Mozilla Firefox was updated to 68.3esr (MFSA 2019-37 bsc#1158328) Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-17008: Fixed a use-after-free in worker destruction (bmo#1546331) CVE-2019-13722: Fixed a stack corruption due to incorrect number of arguments in WebRTC code (bmo#1580156) CVE-2019-11745: Fixed an out of bounds write in NSS when encrypting with a block cipher (bmo#1586176) CVE-2019-17009: Fixed an issue where updater temporary files accessible to unprivileged processes (bmo#1510494) CVE-2019-17010: Fixed a use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (bmo#1581084) CVE-2019-17005: Fixed a buffer overflow in plain text serializer (bmo#1584170) CVE-2019-17011: Fixed a use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (bmo#1591334) CVE-2019-17012: Fixed multiple memmory issues (bmo#1449736, bmo#1533957, bmo#1560667,bmo#1567209, bmo#1580288, bmo#1585760, bmo#1592502) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132336 published 2019-12-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132336 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2019:3347-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-3337-1.NASL description This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues : Mozilla Firefox was updated to 68.3esr (MFSA 2019-37 bsc#1158328) Security issues fixed : CVE-2019-17008: Fixed a use-after-free in worker destruction (bmo#1546331) CVE-2019-13722: Fixed a stack corruption due to incorrect number of arguments in WebRTC code (bmo#1580156) CVE-2019-11745: Fixed an out of bounds write in NSS when encrypting with a block cipher (bmo#1586176) CVE-2019-17009: Fixed an issue where updater temporary files accessible to unprivileged processes (bmo#1510494) CVE-2019-17010: Fixed a use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (bmo#1581084) CVE-2019-17005: Fixed a buffer overflow in plain text serializer (bmo#1584170) CVE-2019-17011: Fixed a use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (bmo#1591334) CVE-2019-17012: Fixed multiple memmory issues (bmo#1449736, bmo#1533957, bmo#1560667,bmo#1567209, bmo#1580288, bmo#1585760, bmo#1592502) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132308 published 2019-12-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132308 title SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2019:3337-1) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_68_3_ESR.NASL description The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 68.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-37 advisory, including the following: - When encrypting with a block cipher, if a call to NSC_EncryptUpdate was made with data smaller than the block size, a small out of bounds write could occur. This could have caused heap corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2019-11745) - When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destruction. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2019-17008) - Mozilla developers Christoph Diehl, Nathan Froyd, Jason Kratzer, Christian Holler, Karl Tomlinson, Tyson Smith reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2. 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. (CVE-2019-17012) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131767 published 2019-12-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131767 title Mozilla Firefox ESR 68.x < 68.3 Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2020-2.NASL description This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues : Mozilla Firefox was updated to 68.3esr (MFSA 2019-37 bsc#1158328)	 	 Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-17008: Fixed a use-after-free in worker destruction (bmo#1546331) - CVE-2019-13722: Fixed a stack corruption due to incorrect number of arguments in WebRTC code (bmo#1580156) - CVE-2019-11745: Fixed an out of bounds write in NSS when encrypting with a block cipher (bmo#1586176) - CVE-2019-17009: Fixed an issue where updater temporary files accessible to unprivileged processes (bmo#1510494) - CVE-2019-17010: Fixed a use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (bmo#1581084) - CVE-2019-17005: Fixed a buffer overflow in plain text serializer (bmo#1584170) - CVE-2019-17011: Fixed a use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (bmo#1591334) - CVE-2019-17012: Fixed multiple memmory issues (bmo#1449736, bmo#1533957, bmo#1560667,bmo#1567209, bmo#1580288, bmo#1585760, bmo#1592502) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132763 published 2020-01-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132763 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2020-2) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_THUNDERBIRD_68_3.NASL description The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 68.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-38 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131955 published 2019-12-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131955 title Mozilla Thunderbird < 68.3 NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2020-3.NASL description This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues : Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to 68.3esr (MFSA 2019-38 bsc#1158328) 	 Security issues fixed : - CVE-2019-17008: Fixed a use-after-free in worker destruction (bmo#1546331) - CVE-2019-13722: Fixed a stack corruption due to incorrect number of arguments in WebRTC code (bmo#1580156) - CVE-2019-11745: Fixed an out of bounds write in NSS when encrypting with a block cipher (bmo#1586176) - CVE-2019-17009: Fixed an issue where updater temporary files accessible to unprivileged processes (bmo#1510494) - CVE-2019-17010: Fixed a use-after-free when performing device orientation checks (bmo#1581084) - CVE-2019-17005: Fixed a buffer overflow in plain text serializer (bmo#1584170) - CVE-2019-17011: Fixed a use-after-free when retrieving a document in antitracking (bmo#1591334) - CVE-2019-17012: Fixed multiple memmory issues (bmo#1449736, bmo#1533957, bmo#1560667,bmo#1567209, bmo#1580288, bmo#1585760, bmo#1592502) Other issues addressed : - New: Message display toolbar action WebExtension API (bmo#1531597) - New: Navigation buttons are now available in content tabs (bmo#787683) - Fixed an issue where write window was not always correct (bmo#1593280) - Fixed toolbar issues (bmo#1584160) - Fixed issues with LDAP lookup when SSL was enabled (bmo#1576364) - Fixed an issue with scam link confirmation panel (bmo#1596413) - Fixed an issue with the write window where the Link Properties dialog was not showing named anchors in context menu (bmo#1593629) - Fixed issues with calendar (bmo#1588516) - Fixed issues with chat where reordering via drag-and-drop was not working on Instant messaging status dialog (bmo#1591505) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132764 published 2020-01-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132764 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2020-3) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_71_0.NASL description The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 71.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-36 advisory. - When encrypting with a block cipher, if a call to NSC_EncryptUpdate was made with data smaller than the block size, a small out of bounds write could occur. This could have caused heap corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2019-11745) - Improper refcounting of soft token session objects could cause a use-after-free and crash (likely limited to a denial of service). (CVE-2019-11756) - When setting a thread name on Windows in WebRTC, an incorrect number of arguments could have been supplied, leading to stack corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2019-13722) - When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destruction. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2019-17008) - When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. - Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected. (CVE-2019-17009) - Under certain conditions, when checking the Resist Fingerprinting preference during device orientation checks, a race condition could have caused a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2019-17010) - Under certain conditions, when retrieving a document from a DocShell in the antitracking code, a race condition could cause a use-after-free condition and a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2019-17011) - Mozilla developers Christoph Diehl, Nathan Froyd, Jason Kratzer, Christian Holler, Karl Tomlinson, Tyson Smith reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70 and Firefox ESR 68.2. 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. (CVE-2019-17012) - Mozilla developers and community members Philipp, Diego Calleja, Mikhail Gavrilov, Jason Kratzer, Christian Holler, Markus Stange, Tyson Smith reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 70. 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. (CVE-2019-17013) - If an image had not loaded correctly (such as when it is not actually an image), it could be dragged and dropped cross-domain, resulting in a cross-origin information leak. (CVE-2019-17014) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131773 published 2019-12-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131773 title Mozilla Firefox < 71.0 NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_THUNDERBIRD_68_3.NASL description The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 68.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-38 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131956 published 2019-12-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131956 title Mozilla Thunderbird < 68.3
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/