Packages
- firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the addressbar contents, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5470, CVE-2017-5471, CVE-2017-5472,
CVE-2017-7749, CVE-2017-7750, CVE-2017-7751, CVE-2017-7752, CVE-2017-7754,
CVE-2017-7756, CVE-2017-7757, CVE-2017-7758, CVE-2017-7762,
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized
memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the addressbar contents, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5470, CVE-2017-5471, CVE-2017-5472,
CVE-2017-7749, CVE-2017-7750, CVE-2017-7751, CVE-2017-7752, CVE-2017-7754,
CVE-2017-7756, CVE-2017-7757, CVE-2017-7758, CVE-2017-7762, CVE-2017-7764)
Multiple security issues were discovered in the Graphite 2 library used by
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
read uninitialized memory, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7771,
CVE-2017-7772, CVE-2017-7773, CVE-2017-7774, CVE-2017-7775, CVE-2017-7776,
CVE-2017-7777, CVE-2017-7778)
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.04 zesty | firefox – 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 | ||
| 16.10 yakkety | firefox – 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 | ||
| 16.04 xenial | firefox – 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | ||
| 14.04 trusty | firefox – 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | ||
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References
- CVE-2017-7778
- CVE-2017-7777
- CVE-2017-7776
- CVE-2017-7775
- CVE-2017-7774
- CVE-2017-7773
- CVE-2017-7772
- CVE-2017-7771
- CVE-2017-7764
- CVE-2017-7762
- CVE-2017-7778
- CVE-2017-7777
- CVE-2017-7776
- CVE-2017-7775
- CVE-2017-7774
- CVE-2017-7773
- CVE-2017-7772
- CVE-2017-7771
- CVE-2017-7764
- CVE-2017-7762
- CVE-2017-7758
- CVE-2017-7757
- CVE-2017-7756
- CVE-2017-7754
- CVE-2017-7752
- CVE-2017-7751
- CVE-2017-7750
- CVE-2017-7749
- CVE-2017-5472
- CVE-2017-5471
- CVE-2017-5470