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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6992-1
September 05, 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-2024-8382,
CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389)

Nils Bars discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerability
when performing certain property name lookups. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8381)

It was 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-2024-8384)

Seunghyun Lee discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion
vulnerability when handling certain ArrayTypes. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8385)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   firefox                         130.0+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-6992-1
   CVE-2024-8381, CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8384,
   CVE-2024-8385, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/130.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 6992-1: Firefox Security Advisory Updates

September 5, 2024
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-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389) Nils Bars discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerability when performing certain property name lookups. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8381) It was 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-2024-8384) Seunghyun Lee discovered that Firefox contained a type confusion vulnerability when handling certain ArrayTypes. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8385)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 130.0+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-6992-1

CVE-2024-8381, CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8383, CVE-2024-8384,

CVE-2024-8385, CVE-2024-8386, CVE-2024-8387, CVE-2024-8389

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6992-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/130.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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