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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6992-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 6992-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. Nils Bars discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerability when performing certain property name lookups. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6992-1September 05, 2024firefox vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 20.04 LTSSummary:Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.Software Description:- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browserDetails:Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user weretricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker couldpotentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitiveinformation across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8382,CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389)Nils Bars discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerabilitywhen performing certain property name lookups. An attacker couldpotentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or executearbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8381)It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory duringgarbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue tocause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8384)Seunghyun Lee discovered that Firefox contained a type confusionvulnerability when handling certain ArrayTypes. An attacker couldpotentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or executearbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8385)Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 130.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all thenecessary changesReferences: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6992-1 CVE-2024-8381, CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8384, CVE-2024-8385, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/130.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1Related news
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