A Firefox security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, and 21.10.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5475-1
June 13, 2022
firefox vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 21.10
- 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, spoof the browser UI, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks, bypass content security policy (CSP) restrictions, or execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 21.10:
firefox 101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
firefox 101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
firefox 101.0.1+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-5475-1
CVE-2022-1919, CVE-2022-31736, CVE-2022-31737, CVE-2022-31738,
CVE-2022-31740, CVE-2022-31741, CVE-2022-31742, CVE-2022-31743,
CVE-2022-31744, CVE-2022-31745, CVE-2022-31747, CVE-2022-31748
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/101.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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