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Ubuntu 20.04 USN-6703-1 Critical: Firefox Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities in Firefox impacting Ubuntu 20.04 have been addressed to mitigate risks related to service interruptions and unauthorized data access.
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-2024-2609, CVE-2024-2611, CVE-2024-2614, CVE-2024-2615) Hubert Kario discovered that Firefox had a timing side-channel when performing RSA decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information. (CVE-2023-5388) It was discovered that Firefox did not properly handle WASM register values in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-2606) Gary Kwong discovered that ...

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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 124.0+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-6703-1

CVE-2023-5388, CVE-2024-2606, CVE-2024-2607, CVE-2024-2608,

CVE-2024-2609, CVE-2024-2610, CVE-2024-2611, CVE-2024-2612,

CVE-2024-2613, CVE-2024-2614, CVE-2024-2615

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6703-1

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