=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2866-1
January 08, 2016

firefox vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Firefox could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:
- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

Karthikeyan Bhargavan and Gaetan Leurent discovered that NSS incorrectly
allowed MD5 to be used for TLS 1.2 connections. If a remote attacker were
able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to
view sensitive information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
  firefox                         43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
  firefox                         43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  firefox                         43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  firefox                         43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2866-1
  CVE-2015-7575

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Ubuntu 2866-1: Firefox vulnerability

January 8, 2016
Firefox could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: firefox 43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 15.04: firefox 43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: firefox 43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: firefox 43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2866-1

CVE-2015-7575

Severity
January 08, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/43.0.4+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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