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* Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
@ 2016-12-15  1:00 Mark H Weaver
  2016-12-15  2:20 ` Christopher Allan Webber
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From: Mark H Weaver @ 2016-12-15  1:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel

Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
fixed by it:

  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/

I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
all of these fixes.

Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for CVE-2016-9893.

Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.

On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.

      Mark

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15  1:00 Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes Mark H Weaver
@ 2016-12-15  2:20 ` Christopher Allan Webber
  2016-12-15  2:53   ` Maxim Cournoyer
  2016-12-15  5:18   ` Leo Famulari
  2016-12-15 10:35 ` Chris Marusich
                   ` (3 subsequent siblings)
  4 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Allan Webber @ 2016-12-15  2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark H Weaver; +Cc: guix-devel

Mark H Weaver writes:

> Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
> fixed by it:
>
>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
>
> I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
> all of these fixes.
>
> Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
> we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
> CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for CVE-2016-9893.
>
> Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
> we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
> CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.
>
> On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
> cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
> ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.
>
>       Mark

Wow!  Thank you for staying on top of things, Mark!

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15  2:20 ` Christopher Allan Webber
@ 2016-12-15  2:53   ` Maxim Cournoyer
  2016-12-15  5:18   ` Leo Famulari
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Maxim Cournoyer @ 2016-12-15  2:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christopher Allan Webber; +Cc: guix-devel

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Very nice! Thanks :)

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Christopher Allan Webber <
cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:

> Mark H Weaver writes:
>
> > Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
> > fixed by it:
> >
> >   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
> > all of these fixes.
> >
> > Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
> > we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
> > CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for CVE-2016-9893.
> >
> > Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
> > we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
> > CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.
> >
> > On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
> > cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
> > ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.
> >
> >       Mark
>
> Wow!  Thank you for staying on top of things, Mark!
>
>

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15  2:20 ` Christopher Allan Webber
  2016-12-15  2:53   ` Maxim Cournoyer
@ 2016-12-15  5:18   ` Leo Famulari
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Leo Famulari @ 2016-12-15  5:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christopher Allan Webber; +Cc: guix-devel

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 08:20:45PM -0600, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> Mark H Weaver writes:
> 
> > Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
> > fixed by it:
> >
> >   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
> > all of these fixes.
> >
> > Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
> > we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
> > CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for CVE-2016-9893.
> >
> > Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
> > we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
> > CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.
> >
> > On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
> > cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
> > ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.
> >
> >       Mark
> 
> Wow!  Thank you for staying on top of things, Mark!

Indeed! Thank you for your diligence!

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15  1:00 Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes Mark H Weaver
  2016-12-15  2:20 ` Christopher Allan Webber
@ 2016-12-15 10:35 ` Chris Marusich
  2016-12-15 12:56 ` julien lepiller
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  4 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Chris Marusich @ 2016-12-15 10:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark H Weaver; +Cc: guix-devel

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Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
> fixed by it:
>
>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
>
> I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
> all of these fixes.
>
> Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
> we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
> CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for CVE-2016-9893.
>
> Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
> we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
> CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.
>
> On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
> cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
> ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.
>
>       Mark

That's really awesome!  Thank you for keeping track of this.

By the way, I'm curious: I see that those changes (e.g.,
9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d) added patches.  Do those
patches result in grafts, or is grafting a totally unrelated thing?

-- 
Chris

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15  1:00 Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes Mark H Weaver
  2016-12-15  2:20 ` Christopher Allan Webber
  2016-12-15 10:35 ` Chris Marusich
@ 2016-12-15 12:56 ` julien lepiller
  2017-01-16  0:08   ` Mark H Weaver
  2016-12-15 16:06 ` Kei Kebreau
  2016-12-15 16:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
  4 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: julien lepiller @ 2016-12-15 12:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel

Le 2016-12-15 02:00, Mark H Weaver a écrit :
> Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
> fixed by it:
> 
>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
> 
> I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
> all of these fixes.
> 
> Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
> we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
> CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for 
> CVE-2016-9893.
> 
> Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
> we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
> CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.
> 
> On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
> cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
> ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.
> 
>       Mark

Impressive, thank you!

I'm a bit curious though, how did you get these patches? Were they 
already advertised as vulnerability fixes at the time you applied them? 
Were they already publicly-available?

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15 12:56 ` julien lepiller
@ 2017-01-16  0:08   ` Mark H Weaver
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Mark H Weaver @ 2017-01-16  0:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: julien lepiller; +Cc: guix-devel

Hi,

julien lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:

> Le 2016-12-15 02:00, Mark H Weaver a écrit :
>> Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
>> fixed by it:
>>
>>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
>>
>> I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
>> all of these fixes.
>>
>> Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
>> we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
>> CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for
>> CVE-2016-9893.
>>
>> Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
>> we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
>> CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.
>>
>> On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
>> cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
>> ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.
>>
>>       Mark
>
> Impressive, thank you!
>
> I'm a bit curious though, how did you get these patches? Were they
> already advertised as vulnerability fixes at the time you applied
> them? Were they already publicly-available?

I cherry-picked them from the mozilla-esr45 mercurial repository.  They
were not yet advertised as vulnerability fixes.  Often they are only
labeled with a mozilla bug number, and the relevant bug reports are not
publicly accessible.  However, in practice most of the bug fixes applied
to that branch are potentially exploitable.

     Mark

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15  1:00 Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes Mark H Weaver
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2016-12-15 12:56 ` julien lepiller
@ 2016-12-15 16:06 ` Kei Kebreau
  2016-12-15 16:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
  4 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Kei Kebreau @ 2016-12-15 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark H Weaver; +Cc: guix-devel

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Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
> fixed by it:
>
>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
>
> I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
> all of these fixes.
>
> Since November 30 (commit 9689e71d2f2b5e766415a40d5f5ab267768d217d),
> we've had fixes for CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899,
> CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9904, and 4 out of 11 patches for CVE-2016-9893.
>
> Since December 3 (commit 5bdec7d634ce0058801cd212e9e4ea56e914ca0c),
> we've had the fixes that were later announced as CVE-2016-9901,
> CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9905, and another patch for CVE-2016-9893.
>
> On December 10 (commit 56c394ee4397015d6144dab002ee43fc7e32a331), I
> cherry-picked the remaining fixes from the not-yet-released Firefox
> ESR 45.6: CVE-2016-9895, and the final six patches for CVE-2016-9893.
>
>       Mark

This is excellent news! Thank you very much, Mark! :)

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* Re: Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes
  2016-12-15  1:00 Guix IceCat users have had early access to security fixes Mark H Weaver
                   ` (3 preceding siblings ...)
  2016-12-15 16:06 ` Kei Kebreau
@ 2016-12-15 16:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
  4 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-12-15 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark H Weaver; +Cc: guix-devel

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> Yesterday, Mozilla released Firefox ESR 45.6 and announced several CVEs
> fixed by it:
>
>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
>
> I'm pleased to announce that Guix users of IceCat have had early access
> all of these fixes.

You rock!  Thank you!

Ludo’.

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