DSA-4768-1 firefox-esr -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-15673   CVE-2020-15676   CVE-2020-15677   CVE-2020-15678  

Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code, cross-site scripting or spoofing the origin of a download. Debian follows the extended support releases (ESR) of Firefox. Support for the 68.x series has ended, so starting with this update we're now following the 78.x releases. Between 68.x and 78.x, Firefox has seen a number of feature updates. For more information please refer to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.0esr/releasenotes/ For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 78.3.0esr-1~deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages. For the detailed security status of firefox-esr please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firefox-esr

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4768-1 firefox-esr -- security update

Date Reported:
28 Sep 2020
Affected Packages:
firefox-esr
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-15673, CVE-2020-15676, CVE-2020-15677, CVE-2020-15678.
More information:

Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code, cross-site scripting or spoofing the origin of a download.

Debian follows the extended support releases (ESR) of Firefox. Support for the 68.x series has ended, so starting with this update we're now following the 78.x releases.

Between 68.x and 78.x, Firefox has seen a number of feature updates. For more information please refer to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.0esr/releasenotes/

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 78.3.0esr-1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your firefox-esr packages.

For the detailed security status of firefox-esr please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/firefox-esr