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Security Bulletin: Mozilla Firefox vulnerability in IBM SONAS (CVE-2019-11707)

Created by Prayas Gupta on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/958147
958147

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a security vulnerability in versions of Mozilla Firefox that are shipped with versions 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.11 of IBM SONAS

Vulnerability Details

IBM SONAS is shipped with Mozilla Firefox. There are vulnerabilities in certain versions of Mozilla Firefox shipped in certain versions of IBM SONAS. These vulnerabilities concern the potential ability of a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.

CVEID:CVE-2019-11707
DESCRIPTION:Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a type confusion when manipulating JavaScript objects in Array.pop. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted web page, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162711for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM SONAS
The product is affected when running code releases 1.5.1.0 to 1.5.2.11

Remediation/Fixes

A fix for these issues is in version 1.5.2.12 of IBM SONAS. Customers running an affected version of IBM SONAS should upgrade to 1.5.2.12, so that the fix gets applied.

Workarounds and Mitigations

Workaround(s) :
Normal operation of IBM SONAS does not require or call for customers to use Firefox to access the Internet. Although IBM recommends that you install a level of IBM SONAS code with a fix, you can avoid these vulnerabilities by not using Mozilla Firefox within your IBM SONAS system to access the Internet.

Mitigation: None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Internal Use Only

PR ID : 138658

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Document Information

Modified date:
09 July 2019

UID

ibm10958147

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