| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'firefox' package(s) announced via the USN-6862-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
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-2024-5689,
CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693, CVE-2024-5697, CVE-2024-5698,
CVE-2024-5699, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5701)
Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory
during garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-5688)
Lukas Bernhard discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory in
the JavaScript engine. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to
obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2024-5694)
Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain
allocations in the probabilistic heap checker. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-5695)
Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Firefox did not properly handle certain
text fragments in input tags. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-5696)
Affected Software/OS:
'firefox' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
10.0
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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