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Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04 LTS USN-5581-1: Firefox Denial Of Service Risk

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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-5581-1
August 24, 2022

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

- 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 contents
of the addressbar, bypass security restrictions, or execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  firefox                         104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox                         104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5581-1
  CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38475, CVE-2022-38477,
  CVE-2022-38478

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04 LTS USN-5581-1: Firefox Denial Of Service Risk

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Various Chrome vulnerabilities might result in operating system failure or allow rogue applications to run through harmful web pages.
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 20.04 LTS: firefox 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: firefox 104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5581-1

CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38475, CVE-2022-38477,

CVE-2022-38478

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August 24, 2022

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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