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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1780-1 firefox-esr -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

07 May 2019

Affected Packages:

firefox-esr

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 928415, Bug 928449, Bug 928509.

More information:

Firefox 60.6.2 ESR repairs a certificate chain issue that caused extensions to be disabled in the past few days. More information, and details of known remaining issues, can be found at https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/ and https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/

Installing this update will re-enable any extensions that were disabled due to this issue.

Extensions installed from Debian packages were not affected.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 60.6.2esr-1~deb8u1.

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