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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7065-1
October 14, 2024

firefox vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Firefox could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a
malicious website.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

Damien Schaeffer discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in
the content process when handling Animation timelines, leading to a use
after free vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
achieve remote code execution.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   firefox                         131.0.2+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-7065-1
   CVE-2024-9680

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/131.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 7065-1: Firefox Security Advisory Updates

October 14, 2024
Firefox could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Firefox could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software Description: - firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser Details: Damien Schaeffer discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in the content process when handling Animation timelines, leading to a use after free vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 131.0.2+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-7065-1

CVE-2024-9680

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7065-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/131.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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