[Cucumber-linux-security] firefox (security update is available)
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From: Scott C. <sc...@cu...> - 2018-12-15 18:02:08
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Update Information A security update is available for firefox for the following versions of Cucumber Linux: * 1.1 Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog: +----------------+ Sat Dec 15 12:53:26 EST 2018 xapps-general/firefox upgraded from 60.3.0esr to 60.4.0esr to fix several security vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-17466: Buffer overflow and out-of-bounds read in ANGLE library with TextureStorage11 CVE-2018-18492: Use-after-free with select element CVE-2018-18493: Buffer overflow in accelerated 2D canvas with Skia CVE-2018-18494: Same-origin policy violation using location attribute and performance.getEntries to steal cross-origin URLs CVE-2018-18498: Integer overflow when calculating buffer sizes for images CVE-2018-12405: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 64 and Firefox ESR 60.4 For more information see: https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=636 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/ * SECURITY FIX * +----------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLD and CVE Information This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency (CLD) and CVE numbers: * CLD-636 (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=636) 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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cucumber Linux Security Team cuc...@li... <mailto:cuc...@li...> https://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php |