[oi-dev] Security awareness: Update to Firefox 38.2.1 ESR or greater

ken mays maybird1776 at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 22 12:40:34 UTC 2015


URL: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/38.2.1esr/contrib/
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL
Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

A flaw was found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page
containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox.
(CVE-2015-4497)

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled installation of add-ons.
An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the add-on installation prompt,
and trick the user into installing an add-on from a malicious source.
(CVE-2015-4498)

All Firefox users should upgrade to Firefox version 38.2.1 ESR or greater, whichcorrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restartedfor the changes to take effect.
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