1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6406-1

USN-6406-1: SpiderMonkey vulnerabilities

Publication date

3 October 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in SpiderMonkey.

Releases

Packages

  • mozjs102 - SpiderMonkey JavaScript library

Details

Several security issues were discovered in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript
library. If a user were tricked into opening malicious JavaScript
applications or processing malformed data, a remote attacker could exploit
a variety of issues related to JavaScript security, including denial of
service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

Several security issues were discovered in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript
library. If a user were tricked into opening malicious JavaScript
applications or processing malformed data, a remote attacker could exploit
a variety of issues related to JavaScript security, including denial of
service attacks, and arbitrary code execution.

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
23.04 lunar libmozjs-102-0 –  102.15.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
22.04 jammy libmozjs-102-0 –  102.15.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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