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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6862-1
July 03, 2024

firefox vulnerabilities
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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-2024-5689,
CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698,
CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5701)

Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory
during garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service, or  execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-5688)

Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in
the JavaScript engine. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to
obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2024-5694)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain
allocations in the probabilistic heap checker. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-5695)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain
text fragments in input tags. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-5696)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   firefox                         127.0.2+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-6862-1
   CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5689, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691,
   CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5694, CVE-2024-5695, CVE-2024-5696,
   CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698, CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700,
   CVE-2024-5701

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1