Ubuntu alert USN-5581-1 (firefox)

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Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-5581-1] Firefox vulnerabilities
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Wed, 24 Aug 2022 23:54:06 +0100
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5581-1
August 24, 2022

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

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

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

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, spoof the contents
of the addressbar, bypass security restrictions, or execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  firefox                         104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  firefox                         104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5581-1
  CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38475, CVE-2022-38477,
  CVE-2022-38478

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/104.0+build3...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/104.0+build3...