Mozilla Critical Patch update Advisory

Number: AV16-194
Date: 1 December 2016

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to the following critical patch updates released for Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird for which an update is now available.

Assessment

Mozilla released security updates to address a critical vulnerability VulnerabilityA flaw or weakness in the design or implementation of an information system or its environment that could be exploited to adversely affect an organization's assets or operations. Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird.

Version affected:
Firefox versions prior to 50.0.2
ESR versions prior to 45.5.1
Thunderbird versions prior to 45.5.1

CVE References: CVE-2016-9079

Suggested Action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor-released updates to affected applications accordingly.

References:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-92/