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Debian 7 Wheezy DLA-991-1 Critical: Firefox-ESR Memory Errors

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2017
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Enhance your chromium package to resolve significant memory vulnerabilities and avert possible script execution risks.
Several 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 lea...
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Summary

Debian follows the extended support releases (ESR) of Firefox. Support
for the 45.x series has ended, so starting with this update we're now
following the 52.x releases.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
52.2.0esr-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


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Package: firefox-esr
Version: 52.2.0esr-1~deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-5470 CVE-2017-5472 CVE-2017-7749 CVE-2017-7750

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