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USN-4717-1: Firefox vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, conduct clickjacking attacks, or execute arbitrary code. Source: USN-4717-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

USN-4715-2: Django vulnerability USN-4715-1 fixed a vulnerability in Django. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Wang Baohua discovered that Django incorrectly extracted archive files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to extract files outside of their expected location. Source: USN-4715-2: Django vulnerability

USN-4716-1: MySQL vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in MySQL and this update includes new upstream MySQL versions to fix these issues. MySQL has been updated to 8.0.23 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS have been updated to MySQL 5.7.33. In addition to security fixes, the updated packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible changes. Please see the following for more information: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.7/en/news-5-7-33.html https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/8.0/en/news-8-0-23.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Source: USN-4716-1: MySQL vulnerabilities

USN-4715-1: Django vulnerability Wang Baohua discovered that Django incorrectly extracted archive files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to extract files outside of their expected location. Source: USN-4715-1: Django vulnerability