USN-3260-2: Firefox regression<\/p>\n
11th May, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its USN-3260-1 caused a regression in Firefox.\n<\/p>\n USN-3260-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused the We apologize for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n Original advisory details:<\/p>\n Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were A flaw was discovered in the DRBG number generation in NSS. If an The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following To update your system, please follow these instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make LP: 1690195<\/a><\/p>\n Source: USN-3260-2: Firefox regression<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" USN-3260-2: Firefox regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3260-2 11th May, 2017 firefox regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary USN-3260-1 caused a regression in Firefox. Software description firefox – Mozilla Open Source web browser Details USN-3260-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused thedate picker panel and form validation errors to close immediately onopening. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. 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 read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the addressbar contents or other UI elements, escape the sandbox to read local files, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, cause a denial of service via [ more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-16091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16092,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16091\/revisions\/16092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}firefox regression<\/h3>\n
\n derivatives:<\/p>\n\n
Summary<\/h3>\n
Software description<\/h3>\n
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\n – Mozilla Open Source web browser<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDetails<\/h3>\n
date picker panel and form validation errors to close immediately on
opening. This update fixes the problem.<\/p>\n
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive
information, spoof the addressbar contents or other UI elements, escape
the sandbox to read local files, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5429<\/a>, CVE-2017-5430<\/a>, CVE-2017-5432<\/a>,
CVE-2017-5433<\/a>, CVE-2017-5434<\/a>, CVE-2017-5435<\/a>, CVE-2017-5436<\/a>, CVE-2017-5437<\/a>,
CVE-2017-5438<\/a>, CVE-2017-5439<\/a>, CVE-2017-5440<\/a>, CVE-2017-5441<\/a>, CVE-2017-5442<\/a>,
CVE-2017-5443<\/a>, CVE-2017-5444<\/a>, CVE-2017-5445<\/a>, CVE-2017-5446<\/a>, CVE-2017-5447<\/a>,
CVE-2017-5448<\/a>, CVE-2017-5449<\/a>, CVE-2017-5451<\/a>, CVE-2017-5453<\/a>, CVE-2017-5454<\/a>,
CVE-2017-5455<\/a>, CVE-2017-5456<\/a>, CVE-2017-5458<\/a>, CVE-2017-5459<\/a>, CVE-2017-5460<\/a>,
CVE-2017-5461<\/a>, CVE-2017-5464<\/a>, CVE-2017-5465<\/a>, CVE-2017-5466<\/a>, CVE-2017-5467<\/a>,
CVE-2017-5468<\/a>, CVE-2017-5469<\/a>)<\/p>\n
attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw
could potentially be exploited to view sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-5462<\/a>)<\/p>\nUpdate instructions<\/h3>\n
\npackage version:<\/p>\n\n
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\n 53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2<\/a>
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\n 53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.2<\/a>
\n <\/span>\n <\/dd>\n
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\n 53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2<\/a>
\n <\/span>\n <\/dd>\n
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\n 53.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2<\/a>
\n <\/span>\n <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\nhttps:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n
all the necessary changes.<\/p>\nReferences<\/h3>\n