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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3771-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
January 25, 2017                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : firefox-esr
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-5373 CVE-2017-5375 CVE-2017-5376 CVE-2017-5378 
                 CVE-2017-5380 CVE-2017-5383 CVE-2017-5386 CVE-2017-5390 
                 CVE-2017-5396

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

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 45.7.0esr-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 45.7.0esr-1 of firefox-esr and version 51.0-1 of firefox.

We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

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

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3771-1: firefox-esr security update

January 25, 2017
Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Memory safety errors, use-after-frees and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbi...

Summary

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

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 45.7.0esr-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 45.7.0esr-1 of firefox-esr and version 51.0-1 of firefox.

We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

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

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : firefox-esr
CVE ID : CVE-2017-5373 CVE-2017-5375 CVE-2017-5376 CVE-2017-5378
CVE-2017-5380 CVE-2017-5383 CVE-2017-5386 CVE-2017-5390
CVE-2017-5396

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