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Ubuntu: USN-4717-2: Firefox regression

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Ubuntu: USN-4717-2: Firefox regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/08/2021
Created
02/11/2021
Added
02/09/2021
Modified
02/09/2021

Description

USN-4717-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused a startup hang in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem.

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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, obtain sensitive information, conduct clickjacking attacks, or execute arbitrary code.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

References

  • USN-4717-1
  • USN-4717-2

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