[ubuntu-hardened] ubuntu-hardened Digest, Vol 96, Issue 1

[Voros Suleimaan]

the wood/trees palindrome

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*Suleimaan Voros, Ph.D*
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On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 12:00 PM, <ubuntu-hardened-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
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>    1.  [Precise] Firefox 53. security update - ignored. (daniel curtis)
>    2. Re:  [Precise] Firefox 53. security update - ignored.
>       (Chris Coulson)
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> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 20:29:18 +0200
> From: daniel curtis <sidetripping at gmail.com>
> To: Ubuntu security discussion <ubuntu-hardened at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-hardened] [Precise] Firefox 53. security update -
>         ignored.
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> Hi
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> 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/~ubuntu-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?
>
> Thanks, best ragads.
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> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 19:54:53 +0100
> From: Chris Coulson <chrisccoulson at ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-hardened at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-hardened] [Precise] Firefox 53. security update -
>         ignored.
> Message-ID: <5566cab0-b01d-639c-0ec7-768e7a0dc850 at ubuntu.com>
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> 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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