Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Unpatched security flaws in IceCat

[Mark H Weaver]

David Hedlund <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2015-11-13 20:26, Mark H Weaver wrote:
>> David Hedlund <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Have this been fixed in IceCat 38.3.0?
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>
>>>   From:                         Mark H Weaver <address@hidden>
>>>   To:                           bug-gnuzilla <address@hidden>
>>>   Date:                         Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:48:13 -0400
>>>   Subject:                      [Bug-gnuzilla] Unpatched security
>>>                                 flaws in IceCat
>>>
>>> Since the last GNU IceCat release, there have been 12 security
>>> advisories from Mozilla addressing 18 CVEs and associated releases of
>>> Firefox ESR 38.1.1 (on August 6) and ESR 38.2 (yesterday).
>>>
>>>    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
>>>
>>>    CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474, CVE-2015-4475, CVE-2015-4478,
>>>    CVE-2015-4479, CVE-2015-4480, CVE-2015-4481, CVE-2015-4482,
>>>    CVE-2015-4484, CVE-2015-4485, CVE-2015-4486, CVE-2015-4487,
>>>    CVE-2015-4488, CVE-2015-4489, CVE-2015-4491, CVE-2015-4492,
>>>    CVE-2015-4493, CVE-2015-4495
>> Yes, IceCat 38.3.0 should address the vulnerabilities listed above.
>>
>> However, now there is another batch of security updates in upstream
>> Firefox 38.4.0, released on November 3, and we are still waiting for the
>> associated IceCat 38.4.0 update.  For details, see:
>>
>> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
>>
>>       Mark
>
> Can you please investigate this?

I'm sorry, but I don't have time.  Mozilla announced that the
vulnerabilities above were fixed in Firefox ESR 38.2.0, and given our
lack of resources and the overwhelming complexity of the code, we have
no practical choice but to trust them.

      Mark