SUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox
______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:0248-2
Rating:             important
References:         #859055 #861847 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-1477 CVE-2014-1479 CVE-2014-1480
                    CVE-2014-1481 CVE-2014-1482 CVE-2014-1483
                    CVE-2014-1484 CVE-2014-1485 CVE-2014-1486
                    CVE-2014-1487 CVE-2014-1488 CVE-2014-1489
                    CVE-2014-1490 CVE-2014-1491
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS
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   An update that fixes 14 vulnerabilities is now available.
   It includes four new package versions.

Description:


   Mozilla Firefox was updated to the 24.3.0ESR security
   release.

   The following security issues have been fixed:

   *

   MFSA 2014-01: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR
   24.3 and Firefox 27.0 (CVE-2014-1477)(bnc#862345)

   *

   MFSA 2014-02: Using XBL scopes its possible to
   steal(clone) native anonymous content
   (CVE-2014-1479)(bnc#862348)

   *

   MFSA 2014-03: Download "open file" dialog delay is
   too quick, doesn't prevent clickjacking (CVE-2014-1480)

   *

   MFSA 2014-04: Image decoding causing FireFox to crash
   with Goo Create (CVE-2014-1482)(bnc#862356)

   *

   MFSA 2014-05: caretPositionFromPoint and
   elementFromPoint leak information about iframe contents via
   timing information (CVE-2014-1483)(bnc#862360)

   *

   MFSA 2014-06: Fennec leaks profile path to logcat
   (CVE-2014-1484)

   *

   MFSA 2014-07: CSP should block XSLT as script, not as
   style (CVE-2014-1485)

   *

   MFSA 2014-08: imgRequestProxy Use-After-Free Remote
   Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2014-1486)

   *

   MFSA 2014-09: Cross-origin information disclosure
   with error message of Web Workers (CVE-2014-1487)

   *

   MFSA 2014-10: settings & history ID bug
   (CVE-2014-1489)

   *

   MFSA 2014-11: Firefox reproducibly crashes when using
   asm.js code in workers and transferable objects
   (CVE-2014-1488)

   *

   MFSA 2014-12: TOCTOU, potential use-after-free in
   libssl's session ticket processing
   (CVE-2014-1490)(bnc#862300) Do not allow p-1 as a public DH
   value (CVE-2014-1491)(bnc#862289)

   *

   MFSA 2014-13: Inconsistent this value when invoking
   getters on window (CVE-2014-1481)(bnc#862309)

   Also Mozilla NSS was updated to 3.15.4 release.

   * required for Firefox 27
   * regular CA root store update (1.96)
   * some OSCP improvments
   * other bugfixes

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2014-1477
   
   * CVE-2014-1479
   
   * CVE-2014-1480
   
   * CVE-2014-1481
   
   * CVE-2014-1482
   
   * CVE-2014-1483
   
   * CVE-2014-1484
   
   * CVE-2014-1485
   
   * CVE-2014-1486
   
   * CVE-2014-1487
   
   * CVE-2014-1488
   
   * CVE-2014-1489
   
   * CVE-2014-1490
   
   * CVE-2014-1491
   


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 SP2 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-firefox-201402-8899

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-firefox-201402-8898

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 24.3.0esr,3.15.4 and 4.10.2]:

      MozillaFirefox-24.3.0esr-0.4.2.2
      MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-24-0.4.10.4
      MozillaFirefox-translations-24.3.0esr-0.4.2.2
      firefox-libgcc_s1-4.7.2_20130108-0.16.1
      firefox-libstdc++6-4.7.2_20130108-0.16.1
      libfreebl3-3.15.4-0.4.2.1
      mozilla-nspr-4.10.2-0.3.2
      mozilla-nss-3.15.4-0.4.2.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.15.4-0.4.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.15.4 and 4.10.2]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.15.4-0.4.2.1
      mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.10.2-0.3.2
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.15.4-0.4.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 24,24.3.0esr,3.15.4 and 4.10.2]:

      MozillaFirefox-24.3.0esr-0.4.2.2
      MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-24-0.4.10.4
      MozillaFirefox-translations-24.3.0esr-0.4.2.2
      firefox-libgcc_s1-4.7.2_20130108-0.16.1
      firefox-libstdc++6-4.7.2_20130108-0.16.1
      libfreebl3-3.15.4-0.4.2.1
      mozilla-nspr-4.10.2-0.3.2
      mozilla-nss-3.15.4-0.4.2.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.15.4-0.4.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.15.4 and 4.10.2]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.15.4-0.4.2.1
      mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.10.2-0.3.2
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.15.4-0.4.2.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1477.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1479.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1480.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1481.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1482.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1483.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1484.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1485.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1486.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1487.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1488.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1489.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1490.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1491.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/859055
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/861847
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2014:0248-2: important: Mozilla Firefox

February 19, 2014
An update that fixes 14 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

Mozilla Firefox was updated to the 24.3.0ESR security release. The following security issues have been fixed: * MFSA 2014-01: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 24.3 and Firefox 27.0 (CVE-2014-1477)(bnc#862345) * MFSA 2014-02: Using XBL scopes its possible to steal(clone) native anonymous content (CVE-2014-1479)(bnc#862348) * MFSA 2014-03: Download "open file" dialog delay is too quick, doesn't prevent clickjacking (CVE-2014-1480) * MFSA 2014-04: Image decoding causing FireFox to crash with Goo Create (CVE-2014-1482)(bnc#862356) * MFSA 2014-05: caretPositionFromPoint and elementFromPoint leak information about iframe contents via timing information (CVE-2014-1483)(bnc#862360) * MFSA 2014-06: Fennec leaks profile path to logcat (CVE-2014-1484) * MFSA 2014-07: CSP should block XSLT as script, not as style (CVE-2014-1485) * MFSA 2014-08: imgRequestProxy Use-After-Free Remote ...

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References

#859055 #861847

Cross- CVE-2014-1477 CVE-2014-1479 CVE-2014-1480

CVE-2014-1481 CVE-2014-1482 CVE-2014-1483

CVE-2014-1484 CVE-2014-1485 CVE-2014-1486

CVE-2014-1487 CVE-2014-1488 CVE-2014-1489

CVE-2014-1490 CVE-2014-1491

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1477.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1479.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1480.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1481.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1482.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1483.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1484.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1485.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1486.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1487.html

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Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0248-2
Rating: important

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