========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6992-2 September 23, 2024
firefox regressions ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: USN-6992-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox. Software Description: - firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser Details: USN-6992-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced several minor regressions. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: 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. (CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389)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. (CVE-2024-8381)It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during
garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8384)Seunghyun Lee discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion
vulnerability when handling certain ArrayTypes. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8385) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 130.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6992-2 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6992-1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/2081668 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/130.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
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