CVE-2019-9815

Name	CVE-2019-9815
Description	If hyperthreading is not disabled, a timing attack vulnerability exists, similar to previous Spectre attacks. Apple has shipped macOS 10.14.5 with an option to disable hyperthreading in applications running untrusted code in a thread through a new sysctl. Firefox now makes use of it on the main thread and any worker threads. Note: users need to update to macOS 10.14.5 in order to take advantage of this change.. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7, Firefox < 67, and Firefox ESR < 60.7.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firefox (PTS)	sid	133.0.3-1	fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)	bullseye	115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	128.5.0esr-1	fixed
	sid	128.5.1esr-1	fixed
thunderbird (PTS)	bullseye	1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1:128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	1:128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:128.5.2esr-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
firefox	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
firefox-esr	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
thunderbird	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- firefox <not-affected> (MacOS-specific)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (MacOS-specific)
- thunderbird <not-affected> (MacOS-specific)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/#CVE-2019-9815
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-14/#CVE-2019-9815
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-15/#CVE-2019-9815