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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-1947): Firefox regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-1947): Firefox regression

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/31/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation service, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trigger an unintended download by leveraging the absence of reputation data.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

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