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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2812): Firefox regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2812): Firefox regression

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/30/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/30/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

Race condition in the get implementation in the ServiceWorkerManager class in the Service Worker subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-gtk3-engines-oxygen

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