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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6890-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6890-1
Posted Jul 10, 2024
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 6890-1 - 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. 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.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604, CVE-2024-6606, CVE-2024-6607, CVE-2024-6609, CVE-2024-6610, CVE-2024-6612, CVE-2024-6613, CVE-2024-6614
SHA-256 | f15b11906373e1b7a6004445dd8950a42b25db0fbd2a71c72c0958a58395f972

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6890-1

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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+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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