USN-6406-1: SpiderMonkey vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04

• libmozjs-102-0 - 102.15.1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libmozjs-102-0 - 102.15.1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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

References

• CVE-2023-4046

Related notices

• USN-6267-1
• USN-6333-1