1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3688-1

USN-3688-1: Spidermonkey vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 June 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Spidermonkey.

Releases

Packages

  • mozjs52 - SpiderMonkey JavaScript library

Details

Multiple memory safety issues were fixed in Spidermonkey. An attacker
could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code.

Multiple memory safety issues were fixed in Spidermonkey. An attacker
could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libmozjs-52-0 –  52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
17.10 artful libmozjs-52-0 –  52.8.1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1

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