1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5321-2

USN-5321-2: Firefox vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 March 2022

Overview

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Releases

Packages

  • firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

USN-5321-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update didn’t include
arm64 because of a regression. This update provides the corresponding
update for arm64.

This update also removes Yandex and Mail.ru as optional search providers
in the drop-down search menu.

Original advisory details:

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, spoof the browser
UI, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0843, CVE-2022-26381, CVE-2022-26382,
CVE-2022-26383, CVE-2022-26384, CVE-2022-26385)

A TOCTOU...

USN-5321-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update didn’t include
arm64 because of a regression. This update provides the corresponding
update for arm64.

This update also removes Yandex and Mail.ru as optional search providers
in the drop-down search menu.

Original advisory details:

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, spoof the browser
UI, bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0843, CVE-2022-26381, CVE-2022-26382,
CVE-2022-26383, CVE-2022-26384, CVE-2022-26385)

A TOCTOU bug was discovered when verifying addon signatures during
install. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to trick a
user into installing an addon with an invalid signature.
(CVE-2022-26387)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox 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
21.10 impish firefox –  98.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
20.04 focal firefox –  98.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic firefox –  98.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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