| Name | CVE-2018-12367 |
| Description | In the previous mitigations for Spectre, the resolution or precision of various methods was reduced to counteract the ability to measure precise time intervals. In that work PerformanceNavigationTiming was not adjusted but it was found that it could be used as a precision timer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, and Firefox < 61. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1575-1, DSA-4295-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 125.0.1-2 | fixed |
| thunderbird (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:91.10.0-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:91.12.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1:115.9.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:115.7.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:115.9.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:115.7.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:115.9.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 61.0-1 | |||
| thunderbird | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| thunderbird | source | jessie | 1:60.3.0-1~deb8u1 | DLA-1575-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | stretch | 1:60.0-3~deb9u1 | DSA-4295-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | (unstable) | 1:60.0-1 |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/#CVE-2018-12367
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/#CVE-2018-12367