Debian Security Advisory

DLA-743-1 firefox-esr -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

15 Dec 2016

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9895, CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9904, CVE-2016-9905.

More information:

Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser: Multiple memory safety errors, buffer overflows and other implementation errors may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or information leaks.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 45.6.0esr-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