CVE-2017-5429 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2017-5429: Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 52, Firefox ESR 45.8, Firefox ESR 52, and Thunderbird 52. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 5

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2017-5429 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in45.9.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in45.9.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in45.9.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```

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