Critical Security Issues Fixed in Firefox - Ubuntu Advisory USN-6862-1
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-2024-5689, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698, CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5701) Lukas Bernhard 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-2024-5688) Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in the JavaScript engine. An attacker could potenti...
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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 127.0.2+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-6862-1
CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5689, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691,
CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5694, CVE-2024-5695, CVE-2024-5696,
CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698, CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700,
CVE-2024-5701
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/127.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1