Ubuntu 6703-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
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-2024-2609, CVE-2024-2611, CVE-2024-2614, CVE-2024-2615) Hubert Kario discovered that Firefox had a timing side-channel when performing RSA decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information. (CVE-2023-5388) It was discovered that Firefox did not properly handle WASM register values in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-2606) Gary Kwong discovered that ...
Read the Full AdvisoryUpdate Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: firefox 124.0+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-6703-1
CVE-2023-5388, CVE-2024-2606, CVE-2024-2607, CVE-2024-2608,
CVE-2024-2609, CVE-2024-2610, CVE-2024-2611, CVE-2024-2612,
CVE-2024-2613, CVE-2024-2614, CVE-2024-2615
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/124.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1