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Posted on 10 December 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4062-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
December 10, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : firefox-esr
CVE ID : CVE-2017-7843
It discovered that the Private Browsing mode in the Mozilla Firefox
web browser allowed to fingerprint a user across multiple sessions
via IndexedDB.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 52.5.2esr-1~deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 52.5.2esr-1~deb9u1.
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
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
