[ubuntu-hardened] [Precise] Firefox 53. security update - ignored.

[Chris Coulson]

Hi,

On 22/04/2017 19:29, daniel curtis wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> As we know, Ubunty 12.04 LTS is near EoL status. However, there are
> still some security updates for various packages (see; 1., 2.,) So, I
> would like to ask why Firefox security update to the 53. version was
> ignored? Some examples:
>
> https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5462.html
> <https://people.canonical.com/%7Eubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5462.html>
>
>
> https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5438.html
> <https://people.canonical.com/%7Eubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-5438.html>
>
>
> This Firefox version fixes many bugs etc. Why it was ignored when
> another packages has been updated? Will there be an update for Firefox
> on 12.04 LTS?
>
No, there won't be another Firefox update for 12.04 LTS. The latest
Firefox release requires GCC 4.9 to build, and we decided that it was
not worth the effort to backport a new toolchain in order to provide a
new version of Firefox 9 days before the release is officially end-of-life.

- Chris
> Thanks, best ragads.
> ___________________
> 1.
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2017-April/026425.html
> 2.
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2017-April/026428.html
>
>

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