[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1: important: Security update for MozillaFirefox

news · August 22, 2016

SUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaFirefox

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1

Rating: important

References: #989196 #990628 #990856 #991809

Cross-References: CVE-2016-2830 CVE-2016-2835 CVE-2016-2836

CVE-2016-2837 CVE-2016-2838 CVE-2016-2839

CVE-2016-5252 CVE-2016-5254 CVE-2016-5258

CVE-2016-5259 CVE-2016-5262 CVE-2016-5263

CVE-2016-5264 CVE-2016-5265 CVE-2016-6354

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

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An update that fixes 15 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

MozillaFirefox was updated to 45.3.0 ESR to fix the following issues

(bsc#991809):

* MFSA 2016-62/CVE-2016-2835/CVE-2016-2836 Miscellaneous memory safety

hazards (rv:48.0 / rv:45.3)

* MFSA 2016-63/CVE-2016-2830 Favicon network connection can persist when

page is closed

* MFSA 2016-64/CVE-2016-2838 Buffer overflow rendering SVG with

bidirectional content

* MFSA 2016-65/CVE-2016-2839 Cairo rendering crash due to memory

allocation issue with FFmpeg 0.10

* MFSA 2016-67/CVE-2016-5252 Stack underflow during 2D graphics rendering

* MFSA 2016-70/CVE-2016-5254 Use-after-free when using alt key and

toplevel menus

* MFSA 2016-72/CVE-2016-5258 Use-after-free in DTLS during WebRTC session

shutdown

* MFSA 2016-73/CVE-2016-5259 Use-after-free in service workers with nested

sync events

* MFSA 2016-76/CVE-2016-5262 Scripts on marquee tag can execute in

sandboxed iframes

* MFSA 2016-77/CVE-2016-2837 Buffer overflow in ClearKey Content

Decryption Module (CDM) during video playback

* MFSA 2016-78/CVE-2016-5263 Type confusion in display transformation

* MFSA 2016-79/CVE-2016-5264 Use-after-free when applying SVG effects

* MFSA 2016-80/CVE-2016-5265 Same-origin policy violation using local HTML

file and saved shortcut file

* CVE-2016-6354: Fix for possible buffer overrun (bsc#990856)

Also a temporary workaround was added:

- Temporarily bind Firefox to the first CPU as a hotfix for an apparent

race condition (bsc#989196, bsc#990628)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1254=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1254=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1254=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1254=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1254=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-45.3.0esr-78.1