Security update for MozillaFirefox

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1342-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-2805 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-2807 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-2808 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-2814 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update to MozillaFirefox 38.8.0 ESR fixes the following security issues (bsc#977333):

  • CVE-2016-2805: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2016-39 (bsc#977374)
  • CVE-2016-2807: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2016-39 (bsc#977376)
  • CVE-2016-2808: Write to invalid HashMap entry through JavaScript.watch() - MFSA 2016-47 (bsc#977386)
  • CVE-2016-2814: Buffer overflow in libstagefright with CENC offsets - MFSA 2016-44 (bsc#977381)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
    zypper in -t patch slessp2-MozillaFirefox-12564=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-38.8.0esr-40.1
    • MozillaFirefox-38.8.0esr-40.1

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