Ubuntu alert USN-6890-1 (firefox)

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Evan Caville <evan.caville@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-6890-1] Firefox vulnerabilities
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Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:23:22 +1000
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6890-1
July 10, 2024

firefox vulnerabilities
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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-2024-6601,
CVE-2024-6604, CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6608, CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6611,
CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613, CVE-2024-6614, CVE-2024-6615)

It was discovered that Firefox did not properly manage certain memory
operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to
cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6602,
CVE-2024-6609)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory
during thread creation. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-6603)

It was discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled array accesses in the
clipboard component, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-6606)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   firefox                         128.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6890-1
   CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604,
   CVE-2024-6606, CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6608, CVE-2024-6609,
   CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6611, CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613,
   CVE-2024-6614, CVE-2024-6615

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/128.0+build2...



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