Upstream information

CVE-2018-5179 at MITRE

Description

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1112111 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1119105 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2019-2872
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-4-2019-2872
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-5-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-2872
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-2872
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-2872
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-2872
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-2872
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP2
  • chromedriver >= 70.0.3538.102-74.1
  • chromium >= 70.0.3538.102-74.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2018-1436
SUSE Package Hub 15
  • chromedriver >= 70.0.3538.67-bp150.2.14.1
  • chromium >= 70.0.3538.67-bp150.2.14.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2019-712
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • chromedriver >= 70.0.3538.67-lp150.2.20.1
  • chromium >= 70.0.3538.67-lp150.2.20.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2019-712
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • chromium >= 83.0.4103.97-lp152.1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA chromium-83.0.4103.97-lp152.1.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • chromium >= 90.0.4430.212-bp153.1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA chromium-90.0.4430.212-bp153.1.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • chromium >= 101.0.4951.64-bp154.1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA chromium-101.0.4951.64-bp154.1.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • chromedriver >= 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium >= 93.0.4577.82-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP2 chromium Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 chromium Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Oct 17 09:57:09 2018
CVE page last modified: Mon Mar 20 15:39:31 2023