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Ubuntu 20.04: USN-6890-1 Critical: Firefox Multiple Threats

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities in Firefox for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS need to be addressed. Ensure your system is updated to mitigate possible risks.
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-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6604, CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6608, CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6611, CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613, CVE-2024-6614, CVE-2024-6615) It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage certain memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6609) Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during thread creation. A...

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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 128.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6890-1

CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604,

CVE-2024-6606, CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6608, CVE-2024-6609,

CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6611, CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613,

CVE-2024-6614, CVE-2024-6615

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6890-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/128.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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