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모질라(Mozilla)에서 개발하는 웹브라우저 '불여우' 파이어폭스(Firefox)의 새로운 기능 추가나 버그 수정 또는 보안 취약점 문제를 해결한 파이어폭스 59.0 버전이 윈도, 맥OS, 리눅스에서 업데이트를 통해 각각 배포되었습니다.

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이번 업데이트에는 다음과 같은 18건의 보안 취약점에 대한 보안 패치가 포함되어 있습니다.

■ Critical 등급 (2)

CVE-2018-5126: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 59
CVE-2018-5125: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 59 and Firefox ESR 52.7

■ High 등급 (4)

CVE-2018-5127: Buffer overflow manipulating SVG animatedPathSegList
CVE-2018-5128: Use-after-free manipulating editor selection ranges
CVE-2018-5129: Out-of-bounds write with malformed IPC messages
CVE-2018-5130: Mismatched RTP payload type can trigger memory corruption

■ Moderate 등급 (7)

CVE-2018-5131: Fetch API improperly returns cached copies of no-store/no-cache resources
CVE-2018-5132: WebExtension Find API can search privileged pages
CVE-2018-5133: Value of the app.support.baseURL preference is not properly sanitized
CVE-2018-5134: WebExtensions may use view-source: URLs to bypass content restrictions
CVE-2018-5135: WebExtension browserAction can inject scripts into unintended contexts
CVE-2018-5136: Same-origin policy violation with data: URL shared workers
CVE-2018-5137: Script content can access legacy extension non-contentaccessible resources

■ Low 등급 (5)

CVE-2018-5138: Android Custom Tab address spoofing through long domain names
CVE-2018-5140: Moz-icon images accessible to web content through moz-icon: protocol
CVE-2018-5141: DOS attack through notifications Push API
CVE-2018-5142: Media Capture and Streams API permissions display incorrect origin with data: and blob: URLs
CVE-2018-5143: Self-XSS pasting javascript: URL with embedded tab into addressbar

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그 외에 다음과 같은 새로운 기능 추가 또는 버그 수정이 이루어졌습니다.

■ NEW - Performance improvements
   * Faster load times for content on the Firefox Home page
   * Faster page load times by loading either from the networked cache or the cache on the user’s hard drive (Race Cache With Network)
   * Improved graphics rendering using Off-Main-Thread Painting (OMTP) for Mac users (OMTP for Windows was released in Firefox 58)

■ NEW - Drag-and-drop to rearrange Top Sites on the Firefox Home page, and customize new windows and tabs in other ways

■ NEW - Added features for Firefox Screenshots:
   * Basic annotation lets the user draw on and highlight saved screenshots
   * Recropping to change the viewable area of saved screenshots

■ NEW - Enhanced WebExtensions API including better support for decentralized protocols and the ability to dynamically register content scripts

■ NEW - Improved Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities.
   * Implemented RTP Transceiver to give pages more fine grained control over calls
   * Implemented features to support large scale conferences

■ NEW - Added support for W3C specs for pointer events and improved platform integration with added device support for mouse, pen, and touch screen pointer input

■ NEW - Added the Ecosia search engine as an option for German Firefox

■ NEW - Added the Qwant search engine as an option for French Firefox

■ NEW - Added settings in about:preferences to stop websites from asking to send notifications or access your device’s camera, microphone, and location, while still allowing trusted websites to use these features

■ CHANGED - Firefox Private Browsing Mode will remove path information from referrers to prevent cross-site tracking

자세한 업데이트 내역은 아래 링크의 정보를 참고하기 바랍니다.

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[영향을 받는 소프트웨어 및 업데이트 버전]

□ 파이어폭스 58.0.2 및 이하 버전 → 파이어폭스 59.0 버전으로 업데이트

※ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/59.0/releasenotes/
※ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/

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그러므로 파이어폭스 사용자는 자동 업데이트('메뉴 열기 → 도움말 → Firefox 정보') 기능을 통해 최신버전으로 업데이트하기 바랍니다.

리눅스에서는 패키지 업데이트를 통해 최신버전으로 업데이트하기 바랍니다.
데비안 / 우분투 기준 : $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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