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Debian Stretch: DSA-4199-1 Critical: Firefox-ESR Memory Safety Issues

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2018
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The Mozilla Firefox web browser's latest updates tackle memory safety vulnerabilities and other critical flaws. It is essential to upgrade to mitigate potential security risks.
Several security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary cod...
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Summary

Several security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web
browser: Multiple memory safety errors and other implementation errorsmay lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 52.8.0esr-1~deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 52.8.0esr-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

For the detailed security status of firefox-esr please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/firefox-esr

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/



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Package: firefox-esr
CVE ID: CVE-2018-5150 CVE-2018-5154 CVE-2018-5155 CVE-2018-5157

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