Security update for MozillaFirefox

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14502-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-15673 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-15673 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-15676 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-15677 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-15677 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-15678 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-15678 ( 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 four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

  • Firefox was updated to 78.3.0 ESR (bsc#1176756, MFSA 2020-43)
  • CVE-2020-15677: Download origin spoofing via redirect
  • CVE-2020-15676: Fixed an XSS when pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element
  • CVE-2020-15678: When recursing through layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free scenario
  • CVE-2020-15673: Fixed memory safety bugs
  • Attempt to fix langpack-parallelization by introducing separate obj-dirs for each lang (bsc#1173986, bsc#1167976)
  • Fixed problems with compiler builtins on SLE-11 (bsc#1175046)

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-14502=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-MozillaFirefox-14502=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • MozillaFirefox-78.3.0-78.93.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-other-78.3.0-78.93.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.3.0-78.93.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • MozillaFirefox-78.3.0-78.93.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-other-78.3.0-78.93.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.3.0-78.93.1

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