Ubuntu Security Notice 7056-1 - 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. Masato Kinugawa discovered that Firefox did not properly validate javascript under the "resource://pdf.js" origin. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to execute arbitrary javascript code and access cross-origin PDF content.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7056-1
October 07, 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-2024-9392,
CVE-2024-9396, CVE-2024-9397, CVE-2024-9398, CVE-2024-9399, CVE-2024-9400,
CVE-2024-9401, CVE-2024-9402, CVE-2024-9403)
Masato Kinugawa discovered that Firefox did not properly validate
javascript under the "resource://pdf.js" origin. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to execute arbitrary javascript code and
access cross-origin PDF content. (CVE-2024-9393)
Masato Kinugawa discovered that Firefox did not properly validate
javascript under the "resource://devtools" origin. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to execute arbitrary javascript code and
access cross-origin JSON content. (CVE-2024-9394)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
firefox 131.0+build1.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the
necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7056-1
CVE-2024-9392, CVE-2024-9393, CVE-2024-9394, CVE-2024-9396,
CVE-2024-9397, CVE-2024-9398, CVE-2024-9399, CVE-2024-9400,
CVE-2024-9401, CVE-2024-9402, CVE-2024-9403
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/131.0+build1.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1