USN-4216-2: Firefox vulnerabilities
USN-4216-2: Firefox vulnerabilities firefox vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website. Software Description firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser Details USN-4216-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory 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, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS firefox – 71.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update [ more… ]
