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Ubuntu 21.10: USN-5229-1 Critical: Firefox Denial of Service

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Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5229-1
January 13, 2022

firefox vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 21.04
- 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:

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, spoof the browser
UI, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information across
domains, or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 21.10:
  firefox                         96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

Ubuntu 21.04:
  firefox                         96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  firefox                         96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox                         96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  
  CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2022-22737, CVE-2022-22738, CVE-2022-22739,
  CVE-2022-22740, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2022-22742, CVE-2022-22743,
  CVE-2022-22745, CVE-2022-22747, CVE-2022-22748, CVE-2022-22751,
  CVE-2022-22752

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 21.10: USN-5229-1 Critical: Firefox Denial of Service

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Several security flaws in Firefox may enable denial of service attacks or arbitrary code execution through compromised websites on Ubuntu systems.
Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: firefox 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 Ubuntu 21.04: firefox 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: firefox 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: firefox 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2022-22737, CVE-2022-22738, CVE-2022-22739,

CVE-2022-22740, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2022-22742, CVE-2022-22743,

CVE-2022-22745, CVE-2022-22747, CVE-2022-22748, CVE-2022-22751,

CVE-2022-22752

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January 13, 2022

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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