Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3105-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-5285 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-5290 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-5291 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2016-5296 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-5297 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9064 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2016-9066 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9074 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2016-9079 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2

An update that solves nine vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss fixes security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed in Firefox ESR 45.5.1 (bsc#1009026):

  • CVE-2016-9079: Use-after-free in SVG Animation (bsc#1012964 MFSA 2016-92)
  • CVE-2016-5297: Incorrect argument length checking in Javascript (bsc#1010401)
  • CVE-2016-9066: Integer overflow leading to a buffer overflow in nsScriptLoadHandler (bsc#1010404)
  • CVE-2016-5296: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE in rasterize_edges_1 (bsc#1010395)
  • CVE-2016-9064: Addons update must verify IDs match between current and new versions (bsc#1010402)
  • CVE-2016-5290: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50 and Firefox ESR 45.5 (bsc#1010427)
  • CVE-2016-5291: Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and saved shortcut file (bsc#1010410)

The following vulnerabilities were fixed in mozilla-nss 3.21.3:

  • CVE-2016-9074: Insufficient timing side-channel resistance in divSpoiler (bsc#1010422)
  • CVE-2016-5285: Missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime causes server crash (bsc#1010517)

The following bugs were fixed:

  • Firefox would fail to go into fullscreen mode with some window managers (bsc#992549)
  • font warning messages would flood console, now using fontconfig configuration from firefox-fontconfig instead of the system one (bsc#1000751)

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-mfs2016-90-12883=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libfreebl3-3.21.3-30.1
    • mozilla-nss-tools-3.21.3-30.1
    • MozillaFirefox-45.5.1esr-63.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-45.5.1esr-63.1
    • mozilla-nss-3.21.3-30.1
    • mozilla-nss-devel-3.21.3-30.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64)
    • mozilla-nss-32bit-3.21.3-30.1
    • libfreebl3-32bit-3.21.3-30.1

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