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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-6227-1 Critical SpiderMonkey JavaScript Issues

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A variety of vulnerabilities addressed in SpiderMonkey, affecting Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and additional versions. Upgrading is advised.
Several security issues were fixed in SpiderMonkey.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SpiderMonkey.

Software Description:

- mozjs102: SpiderMonkey JavaScript library

Details:

Several security issues were discovered in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript

library. If a user were tricked into opening malicious JavaScript

applications or processing malformed data, a remote attacker could exploit

a variety of issues related to JavaScript security, including denial of

service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu JavaScript SpiderMonkey

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.13.0-0ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.10:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.13.0-0ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.13.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6227-1

CVE-2023-37202, CVE-2023-37211

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July 13, 2023

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu JavaScript SpiderMonkey

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.13.0-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.13.0-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.13.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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