[Cucumber-linux-security] firefox (security update is available)

[Scott C. <z5...@z5...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for firefox for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

+----------------+
Fri Dec 8 10:09:47 EST 2017
xapps-general/firefox upgraded from 52.5.1 to 52.5.2 to fix CVE-2017-7843, a
	security vulnerability that allows a website to write persistent data to
	your browser's database while in private browsing mode (it is not
	supposed to be possible for data to persist across multiple private
	browsing sessions). For more information see:
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7843
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=175
		https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-28/
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-175 [CVE-2017-7843]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=175)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure firefox is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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