Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1118-1 firefox-esr -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

30 Sep 2017

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-7793, CVE-2017-7805, CVE-2017-7810, CVE-2017-7814, CVE-2017-7818, CVE-2017-7819, CVE-2017-7823, CVE-2017-7824.

More information:

Several security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, use-after-frees, buffer overflows and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, cross-site scripting or bypass of the phishing and malware protection feature.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 52.4.0esr-2~deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS