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Debian 7 Wheezy DLA-1319-1: Critical Firefox-ESR Security Update

debian lts
Calendar Grey March 27, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Critical vulnerability resolved in firefox-esr on Debian 7 Wheezy following latest changes to media file processing.
Richard Zhu and Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write when playing Vorbis media files could result in the execution of arbitrary code
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Summary

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


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Package: firefox-esr
Version: 52.7.2esr-1~deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-5146 CVE-2018-5147

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