{"id":35675,"date":"2020-02-26T22:18:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T13:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-4278-2-firefox-vulnerabilities\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T23:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:34:24","slug":"usn-4278-2-firefox-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-4278-2-firefox-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-4278-2: Firefox vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-4278-2: Firefox vulnerabilities<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"firefox-vulnerabilities\">firefox vulnerabilities<\/h2>\n<p>A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it<br \/>\nopened a malicious website.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"software-description\">Software Description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>firefox &#8211; Mozilla Open Source web browser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"details\">Details<\/h3>\n<p>USN-4278-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the<br \/>\ncorresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.<\/p>\n<p>Original advisory details:<\/p>\n<p>Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked<br \/>\n in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially<br \/>\n exploit these to cause a denial of service, conduct cross-site scripting<br \/>\n (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"update-instructions\">Update instructions<\/h2>\n<p>The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\">firefox<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/firefox\/73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1\">73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>To update your system, please follow these instructions: <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make<br \/>\nall the necessary changes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"references\">References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/usn.ubuntu.com\/usn\/usn-4278-1\">USN-4278-1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.canonical.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2020-6796\">CVE-2020-6796<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.canonical.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2020-6798\">CVE-2020-6798<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.canonical.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2020-6800\">CVE-2020-6800<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.canonical.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2020-6801\">CVE-2020-6801<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/usn.ubuntu.com\/4278-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USN-4278-2: Firefox vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-4278-2: Firefox vulnerabilities firefox vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software Description firefox &#8211; Mozilla Open Source web browser Details USN-4278-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: 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, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS firefox &#8211; 73.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades. 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