[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2735-1: important: Security update for Mozilla Firefox

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2735-1

Rating: important

References: #1006475 #1006476

Cross-References: CVE-2016-5287 CVE-2016-5288

Affected Products:

openSUSE 13.1

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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 49.0.2 to fix two security issues and some

bugs.

 

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

 

* CVE-2016-5287: Crash in nsTArray_base (bsc#1006475)

* CVE-2016-5288: Web content can read cache entries (bsc#1006476)

 

The following changes and fixes are included:

 

* Asynchronous rendering of the Flash plugins is now enabled by default

* Change D3D9 default fallback preference to prevent graphical artifacts

* Network issue prevents some users from seeing the Firefox UI on

startup

* Web compatibility issue with file uploads

* Web compatibility issue with Array.prototype.values

* Diagnostic information on timing for tab switching

* Fix a Canvas filters graphics issue affecting HTML5 apps

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 13.1:

 

zypper in -t patch 2016-1271=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

MozillaFirefox-49.0.2-128.1

MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-49.0.2-128.1

MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-49.0.2-128.1

MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-49.0.2-128.1

MozillaFirefox-debugsource-49.0.2-128.1

MozillaFirefox-devel-49.0.2-128.1

MozillaFirefox-translations-common-49.0.2-128.1

MozillaFirefox-translations-other-49.0.2-128.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5287.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5288.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006475

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006476

 

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