SUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1325-2
Rating:             important
References:         #833389 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS
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   An update that contains security fixes can now be
   installed. It includes four new package versions.

Description:


   This update to Firefox 17.0.8esr (bnc#833389) addresses the
   following  issues:

   * MFSA 2013-63/CVE-2013-1701/CVE-2013-1702 (bmo#855331,
   bmo#844088, bmo#858060, bmo#870200, bmo#874974, bmo#861530,
   bmo#854157, bmo#893684, bmo#878703, bmo#862185, bmo#879139,
   bmo#888107, bmo#880734) Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
   (rv:23.0 / rv:17.0.8)
   * MFSA 2013-66/CVE-2013-1706/CVE-2013-1707 (bmo#888314,
   bmo#888361) Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service
   and Mozilla Updater
   * MFSA 2013-68/CVE-2013-1709 (bmo#848253) Document URI
   misrepresentation and masquerading
   * MFSA 2013-69/CVE-2013-1710 (bmo#871368) CRMF requests
   allow for code execution and XSS attacks
   * MFSA 2013-71/CVE-2013-1712 (bmo#859072) Further
   Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater
   * MFSA 2013-72/CVE-2013-1713 (bmo#887098) Wrong
   principal used for validating URI for some Javascript
   components
   * MFSA 2013-73/CVE-2013-1714 (bmo#879787) Same-origin
   bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest
   * MFSA 2013-75/CVE-2013-1717 (bmo#406541) Local Java
   applets may read contents of local file system


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 Server 11 SP1 for VMware LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-8188

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-8188

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware LTSS (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:

      MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:

      MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.14.3 and 4.9.6]:

      mozilla-nspr-4.9.6-0.5.7
      mozilla-nspr-devel-4.9.6-0.5.7
      mozilla-nss-3.14.3-0.5.7
      mozilla-nss-devel-3.14.3-0.5.7
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.14.3-0.5.7

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.14.3 and 4.9.6]:

      mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.9.6-0.5.7
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.14.3-0.5.7

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x) [New Version: 17.0.8esr and 7]:

      MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.5.3
      MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-7-0.10.34
      MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.5.3


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/833389
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2013:1325-2: important: Mozilla Firefox

August 23, 2013
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Summary

This update to Firefox 17.0.8esr (bnc#833389) addresses the following issues: * MFSA 2013-63/CVE-2013-1701/CVE-2013-1702 (bmo#855331, bmo#844088, bmo#858060, bmo#870200, bmo#874974, bmo#861530, bmo#854157, bmo#893684, bmo#878703, bmo#862185, bmo#879139, bmo#888107, bmo#880734) Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:23.0 / rv:17.0.8) * MFSA 2013-66/CVE-2013-1706/CVE-2013-1707 (bmo#888314, bmo#888361) Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service and Mozilla Updater * MFSA 2013-68/CVE-2013-1709 (bmo#848253) Document URI misrepresentation and masquerading * MFSA 2013-69/CVE-2013-1710 (bmo#871368) CRMF requests allow for code execution and XSS attacks * MFSA 2013-71/CVE-2013-1712 (bmo#859072) Further Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater * MFSA 2013-72/CVE-2013-1713 (bmo#887098) Wrong principal used for validating URI for some Javascript components * MFSA 2013-73/CVE-2013-1714 (bmo#879787) Same-origin bypass wi...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#833389

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS

https://bugzilla.novell.com/833389

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1325-2
Rating: important

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