CVE-2019-17022 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-17022: When pasting a <style> tag from the clipboard into a rich text editor, the CSS sanitizer does not escape < and > characters. Because the resulting string is pasted directly into the text node of the element this does not result in a direct injection into the webpage; however, if a webpag

Affects 8 Linux releases across 18 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-17022 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:68.4.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:68.4.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:68.4.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in71.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in71.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

librewolf→ fixed in71.0.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade librewolf

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in71.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

librewolf→ fixed in71.0.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade librewolf

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in71.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in68.4.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in71.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

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