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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-6747-1 Critical Denial of Service Threats

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several critical vulnerabilities addressed in Firefox for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Ensure to update to mitigate risks of exploits and security breaches.
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-2024-3852, CVE-2024-3864, CVE-2024-3865) Bartek Nowotarski discovered that Firefox did not properly limit HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-3302) Gary Kwong discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory when running garbage collection during realm initialization. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-...

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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 125.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6747-1

CVE-2024-3302, CVE-2024-3852, CVE-2024-3853, CVE-2024-3854,

CVE-2024-3855, CVE-2024-3856, CVE-2024-3857, CVE-2024-3858,

CVE-2024-3859, CVE-2024-3860, CVE-2024-3861, CVE-2024-3862,

CVE-2024-3864, CVE-2024-3865

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6747-1

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