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USN-5286-1: cryptsetup vulnerability Milan Broz discovered that cryptsetup incorrectly handled LUKS2 reencryption recovery. An attacker with physical access to modify the encrypted device header may trigger the device to be unencrypted the next time it is mounted by the user. On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, this issue was fixed by disabling the online reencryption feature. Source: USN-5286-1: cryptsetup vulnerability

USN-5284-1: Firefox vulnerabilities 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, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0511, CVE-2022-22755, CVE-2022-22759, CVE-2022-22760, CVE-2022-22761, CVE-2022-22764) It was discovered that extensions of a particular type could auto-update themselves and bypass the prompt that requests permissions. If a user were tricked into installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions. (CVE-2022-22754) It was discovered that dragging and dropping an image into a folder could result in it being marked as executable. If a user were tricked into dragging and dropping a specially crafted image, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22756) It was discovered that Remote Agent, [ more… ]