Security update for MozillaFirefox

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14290-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-6796 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-6796 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-6797 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6797 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6798 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2020-6798 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6799 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-6799 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-6800 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-6800 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

Firefox was updated to version 68.5.0 ESR (bsc#1163368).

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2020-6796: Fixed a missing bounds check on shared memory in the parent process (bsc#1163368).
  • CVE-2020-6798: Fixed a JavaScript code injection issue caused by the incorrect parsing of template tags (bsc#1163368).
  • CVE-2020-6799: Fixed a local arbitrary code execution issue when handling PDF links from other applications (bsc#1163368).
  • CVE-2020-6800: Fixed several memory safety bugs (bsc#1163368).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixed various issues opening files with spaces in their path (bmo#1601905, bmo#1602726).

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 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-MozillaFirefox-14290=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-MozillaFirefox-14290=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-other-68.5.0-78.61.2
    • MozillaFirefox-68.5.0-78.61.2
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-common-68.5.0-78.61.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-other-68.5.0-78.61.2
    • MozillaFirefox-68.5.0-78.61.2
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-common-68.5.0-78.61.2

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