USN-5494-1: SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library vulnerabilities

27 June 2022

Several security issues were fixed in SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library.

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Releases

Packages

  • mozjs91 - SpiderMonkey JavaScript library

Details

It was discovered that SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library incorrectly
generated certain assembly code. An remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2022-28285)

It was discovered that SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library incorrectly
generated certain assembly code. An remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2022-31740)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

After a standard system update you need to restart any application that use
SpiderMonkey JavaScript Library to make all the necessary changes.

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