Debian Security Advisory

DLA-852-1 firefox-esr -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
10 Mar 2017
Affected Packages:
firefox-esr
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-5398, CVE-2017-5400, CVE-2017-5401, CVE-2017-5402, CVE-2017-5404, CVE-2017-5405, CVE-2017-5407, CVE-2017-5408, CVE-2017-5410.
More information:

Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, use-after-frees and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, ASLR bypass, information disclosure or denial of service.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 45.8.0esr-1~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