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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2020.20
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2020-20) - Linux
Summary:This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Description:Summary:
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

Vulnerability Insight:
CVE-2020-12399: Timing attack on DSA signatures in NSS library
NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could eventually leak private keys.

CVE-2020-12405: Use-after-free in SharedWorkerService
When browsing a malicious page, a race condition in our SharedWorkerService could occur and lead to a potentially exploitable crash.

CVE-2020-12406: JavaScript type confusion with NativeTypes
Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

CVE-2020-12407: WebRender leaking GPU memory when using border-image CSS directive
Mozilla Developer Nicolas Silva found that when using WebRender, Firefox would under certain conditions leak arbitrary GPU memory to the visible screen. The leaked memory content was visible to the user, but not observable from web content.

CVE-2020-12408: URL spoofing when using IP addresses
When browsing a document hosted on an IP address, an attacker could insert certain characters to flip domain and path information in the address bar.

CVE-2020-12409: URL spoofing with unicode characters
When using certain blank characters in a URL, they where incorrectly rendered as spaces instead of an encoded URL.

CVE-2020-12410: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 77 and Firefox ESR 68.9
Mozilla developers Tom Tung and Karl Tomlinson reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8. 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-2020-12411: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 77
Mozilla developers :Gijs (he/him), Randell Jesup reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 76. 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.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 77.

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12399
Debian Security Information: DSA-4726 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4726
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-49
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631576
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00029.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12405
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1631618
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12406
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1639590
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12407
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637112
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12408
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1623888
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12409
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1629506
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12410
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1619305%2C1632717
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12411
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1620972%2C1625333
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