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Firefox-esr Security Update (Fixed >= version 52.7.2esr-1~deb9u1)

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4143-1 firefox-esr -- security update

Date Reported:

17 Mar 2018

Affected Packages:

firefox-esr

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-5146, CVE-2018-5147.

More information:

Richard Zhu and Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that an out-of-bounds memory write when playing Vorbis media files could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 52.7.2esr-1~deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 52.7.2esr-1~deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.
For the detailed security status of firefox-esr please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firefox-esr



source: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4143