========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5709-1 November 01, 2022
firefox vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. 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-2022-42927, CVE-2022-42928, CVE-2022-42929, CVE-2022-42930, CVE-2022-42932) It was discovered that Firefox saved usernames to a plaintext file. A local user could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-42931) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: firefox 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: firefox 106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5709-1 CVE-2022-42927, CVE-2022-42928, CVE-2022-42929, CVE-2022-42930, CVE-2022-42931, CVE-2022-42932 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/106.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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