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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3749-1 Moderate: Spidermonkey Memory Safety

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities addressed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS concerning Spidermonkey. Discover insights on memory protection and essential patches.
Several security issues were fixed in Spidermonkey.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Spidermonkey.

Software Description:

- mozjs52: SpiderMonkey JavaScript library

Details:

Multiple memory safety issues were fixed in Spidermonkey. An attacker

could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute

arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution ubuntu memory safety spidermonkey

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libmozjs-52-0                   52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3749-1

  CVE-2018-5188

August 22, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution ubuntu memory safety spidermonkey

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs52/52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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