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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-6649-1 Moderate: Firefox Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security flaws in Firefox were resolved in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, improving defenses against potential threats.
Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Firefox. 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, obtain sensitive information across domains, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-1547, CVE-2024-1548, CVE-2024-1549, CVE-2024-1550, CVE-2024-1553, CVE-2024-1554, CVE-2024-1555, CVE-2024-1557) Alfred Peters discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when storing and re-accessing data on a networking channel. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-1546) Johan Carlsson discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled Set-Cookie response headers in multipart HTTP responses. An attacker could ...

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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 123.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2024-1546, CVE-2024-1547, CVE-2024-1548, CVE-2024-1549,

CVE-2024-1550, CVE-2024-1551, CVE-2024-1552, CVE-2024-1553,

CVE-2024-1554, CVE-2024-1555, CVE-2024-1556, CVE-2024-1557

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6649-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/123.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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