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Ubuntu 23.04 and 22.04 LTS Advisory: 6406-1 Critical SpiderMonkey Issues

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Mitigating SpiderMonkey security flaws in Ubuntu 23.04 and 22.04 LTS through essential patches and urgent updates.
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 software update remote code execution DoS attack Ubuntu SpiderMonkey

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.15.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.15.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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

References

CVE-2023-4046

Severity
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6406-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update remote code execution DoS attack Ubuntu SpiderMonkey

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.15.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.15.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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