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Ubuntu 20.04: USN-6267-2 Critical Firefox Offscreen Canvas Issue

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
USN-6268-3 security advisory addresses Chromium vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS which affect application reliability, remedial steps recommended
USN-6267-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: USN-6267-1 caused some minor regressions in Firefox. Software Description: - firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser Details: USN-6267-1 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-2023-4047, CVE-2023-4048, CVE-2023-4049, CVE-2023-4051, CVE-2023-4053, CVE-2023-4055, CVE-2023-4056, CVE-2023-4057, CVE-2023-4058) Max Vlasov discovered that Firefox Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting. An attacker could potentially exploi...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: firefox 116.0.2+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-6267-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6267-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/2030690

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6267-2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/116.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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