Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1202-1 firefox-esr -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 10 Dec 2017
- Affected Packages:
- firefox-esr
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-7843.
- More information:
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It was discovered that the private browsing mode in Firefox was able to write persistent data to a database, which could lead to websites tracking users even when browsing in this mode.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 52.5.2esr-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