[OpenIndiana-discuss] openindiana-discuss Digest, Vol 63, Issue 17

[Aurélien Larcher]

Just install the version suggested by Ken.
Overall it works better than FF37 contributed by Martin Bochnig.

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Ramesh Chari <rvchari at ymail.com> wrote:

> my firefox version still returns 24.8.1 and i currently use FF37 that i
> installed from opensxce pkg... never upgraded FF37 till date.
> btw, how do i upgrade 24.8.1 ?
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>    1. Security awareness: Update to Firefox 38.2.1    ESR or greater
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> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Security awareness: Update to Firefox
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> 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.
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> 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)
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> 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)
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> 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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