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Unscored USN-5037-2 0 CVEs

firefox regression

Published Aug 25, 2021 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-5037-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced a
regression that caused Firefox to repeatedly prompt for a password. This
update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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, obtain sensitive
information, trick a user into accepting unwanted permissions, or execute
arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS firefox 91.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS firefox 91.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1941496