Out-of-Bounds Affecting firefox-esr package, versions <45.4.0esr-1~deb8u2
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- published22 Sept 2016
- disclosed22 Sept 2016
Introduced: 22 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-5257 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 firefox-esr to version 45.4.0esr-1~deb8u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox-esr package and not the firefox-esr package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5257
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-86/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-88/
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277213
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287204
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288555
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288588
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288780
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289280
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1293347
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294095
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294407
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5257