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Debian: DSA-3831-1 moderate: firefox-esr memory safety threat

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2017
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Numerous vulnerabilities discovered in firefox-esr tackle memory corruption, service disruption, and potential code execution threats.
Multiple 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 le...

Summary

Multiple 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, information disclosure or denial of service.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 45.9.0esr-1.

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/



Package: firefox-esr
CVE ID: CVE-2017-5429 CVE-2017-5432 CVE-2017-5433 CVE-2017-5434

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