Ubuntu alert USN-7065-1 (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-7065-1] Firefox vulnerability
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Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:05:28 +1100
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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+buil...



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