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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3728-1 (firefox-esr - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in the SVG Animation was discovered in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code, if a user is tricked into opening a specially crafted website.

Affected Software

Affected Software

firefox-esr on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 45.5.1esr-1~deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)