CVE-2016-9080 Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-3155-1)

Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in Firefox.

If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080, CVE-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9894, CVE-2016-9895, CVE-2016-9896, CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9903, CVE-2016-9904)

Refer to Ubuntu advisory USN-3155-1 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

USN-3155-1: 14.04 (Kylin) on src (firefox)

USN-3155-1: 16.10 (Yakkety) on src (firefox)

USN-3155-1: 16.04 (Xenial) on src (firefox)

USN-3155-1: 12.04 (Precise) on src (firefox)