========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4942-1 May 10, 2021
firefox vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 21.04 - Ubuntu 20.10 - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software Description: - firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser Details: A race condition was discovered in Web Render Components. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: firefox 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.2 Ubuntu 20.10: firefox 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: firefox 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: firefox 88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4942-1 CVE-2021-29952 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/88.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
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