Ubuntu 17.04: USN-3299-1 Critical: Firefox Update for Security Issue

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May 25, 2017

Firefox was updated to a new version.

Summary

Firefox was updated to a new version.

Software Description:

- firefox: Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details:

Some security information preloaded in Firefox was due to expire before

the next scheduled release. This update bumps the expiration times.

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update Ubuntu firefox system patch browser fix

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  firefox                         53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2

Ubuntu 16.10:
  firefox                         53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  firefox                         53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  firefox                         53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

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