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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-6966-1 Moderate: Firefox Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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Several security issues were fixed in Firefox.

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-2024-7518,

CVE-2024-7521, CVE-2024-7524, CVE-2024-7526, CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7528,

CVE-2024-7529, CVE-2024-7530, CVE-2024-7531)

It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage certain memory

operations when processing graphics shared memory. An attacker could

potentially exploit this issue to escape the sandbox. (CVE-2024-7519)

Nan Wang discovered that Firefox did not properly handle type check in

WebAssembly. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to execute

arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-7520)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly check an attribute

value in...

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update remote code execution Ubuntu firefox

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  firefox                         129.0.1+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-6966-1

CVE-2024-7518, CVE-2024-7519, CVE-2024-7520, CVE-2024-7521,

CVE-2024-7522, CVE-2024-7524, CVE-2024-7525, CVE-2024-7526,

CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7528, CVE-2024-7529, CVE-2024-7530,

CVE-2024-7531

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6966-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update remote code execution Ubuntu firefox

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/129.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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