USN-6703-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
First published: Wed Mar 20 2024(Updated: )
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-2024-2609, CVE-2024-2611, CVE-2024-2614, CVE-2024-2615) Hubert Kario discovered that Firefox had a timing side-channel when performing RSA decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover sensitive information. (CVE-2023-5388) It was discovered that Firefox did not properly handle WASM register values in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-2606) Gary Kwong discovered that Firefox incorrectly updated return registers for JIT code on Armv7-A systems. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-2607) Ronald Crane discovered that Firefox did not properly manage memory during character encoding. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-2608) Georg Felber and Marco Squarcina discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled html and body tags. An attacker who was able to inject markup into a page otherwise protected by a Content Security Policy may have been able obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2024-2610) Ronald Crane discovered a use-after-free in Firefox when handling code in SafeRefPtr. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-2612) Max Inden discovered that Firefox incorrectly handled QUIC ACK frame decoding. A attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-2613)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/firefox | <124.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | 124.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2610
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2608
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2609
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2612
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2614
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2613
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2606
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5388
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2615
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2611
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2607
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6717-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6750-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6727-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/124.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6703-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/title
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-6717-1
- anchor-related/USN-6750-1
- anchor-related/USN-6727-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/20.04