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Ubuntu 7078-1: Firefox Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is updated to prevent Firefox crashes or arbitrary code execution.
Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login

Summary

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login

Software Description:

- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

Atte Kettunen discovered that Firefox did not properly validate before

inserting ranges into the selection node cache. An attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

No topics assigned

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  firefox                         131.0.3+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-7078-1

CVE-2024-9936

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7078-1

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Topics Covered

No topics assigned

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/131.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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