| Name | CVE-2018-18505 |
| Description | An earlier fix for an Inter-process Communication (IPC) vulnerability, CVE-2011-3079, added authentication to communication between IPC endpoints and server parents during IPC process creation. This authentication is insufficient for channels created after the IPC process is started, leading to the authentication not being correctly applied to later channels. This could allow for a sandbox escape through IPC channels due to lack of message validation in the listener process. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65. |
| 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-1648-1, DLA-1678-1, DSA-4376-1, DSA-4392-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 132.0.2-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 128.4.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 128.4.0esr-1 | 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 (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:128.4.3esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1:128.4.3esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:128.4.3esr-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) | 65.0-1 | |||
| firefox-esr | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| firefox-esr | source | jessie | 60.5.0esr-1~deb8u1 | DLA-1648-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | stretch | 60.5.0esr-1~deb9u1 | DSA-4376-1 | ||
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | 60.5.0esr-1 | |||
| thunderbird | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| thunderbird | source | jessie | 1:60.5.1-1~deb8u1 | DLA-1678-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | stretch | 1:60.5.1-1~deb9u1 | DSA-4392-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | (unstable) | 1:60.5.0-1 |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01/#CVE-2018-18505
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-02/#CVE-2018-18505
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/#CVE-2018-18505