[USN-6147-1] SpiderMonkey vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6147-1
June 08, 2023

mozjs102 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in SpiderMonkey.

Software Description:
- 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.12.0-0ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.10:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.12.0-0ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libmozjs-102-0                  102.12.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6147-1
   CVE-2023-34416

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.12.0-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.12.0-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozjs102/102.12.0-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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