Ubuntu alert USN-6406-1 (mozjs102)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
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"ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com>
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[USN-6406-1] SpiderMonkey vulnerabilities
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Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:07:52 -0400
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6406-1
October 03, 2023

mozjs102 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in SpiderMonkey.

Software Description:
- mozjs102: SpiderMonkey JavaScript library

Details:

Several security issues were discovered in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript
library. If a user were tricked into opening malicious JavaScript
applications or processing malformed data, a remote attacker could exploit
a variety of issues related to JavaScript security, including denial of
service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.15.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.15.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6406-1
   CVE-2023-4046

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.15.1-0u...
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.15.1-0u...