USN-3299-1: Firefox update
25 May 2017
firefox update
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Firefox was updated to a new version.
Software Description
- firefox - Mozilla Open Source web browser
Details
Some security information preloaded in Firefox was due to expire before the next scheduled release. This update bumps the expiration times.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- firefox - 53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2
- Ubuntu 16.10
- firefox - 53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox - 53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox - 53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make all the necessary changes.