SUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaFirefox
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1112-1
Rating:             important
References:         #894370 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS
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   An update that contains security fixes can now be
   installed. It includes three new package versions.

Description:


   Mozilla Firefox was updated to the 24.8.0ESR release, fixing security
   issues and bugs.

   Only some of the published security advisories affect the Mozilla Firefox
   24ESR codestream:

       * MFSA 2014-72 / CVE-2014-1567: Security researcher regenrecht
         reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a use-after-free
         during text layout when interacting with the setting of text
         direction. This results in a use-after-free which can lead to
         arbitrary code execution.
       * MFSA 2014-67: Mozilla developers and community identified and fixed
         several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and
         other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of
   memory corruption under certain circumstances, and we presume that with
   enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary
   code.
       * Jan de Mooij reported a memory safety problem that affects Firefox
         ESR 24.7, ESR 31 and Firefox 31. (CVE-2014-1562)

   More information is referenced on:
   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/
    .

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-1562
         
       * CVE-2014-1567
         


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-201409-9682

   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: 24.8.0esr,3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:

      MozillaFirefox-24.8.0esr-0.3.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-24.8.0esr-0.3.1
      libfreebl3-3.16.4-0.3.1
      mozilla-nspr-4.10.7-0.3.1
      mozilla-nspr-devel-4.10.7-0.3.1
      mozilla-nss-3.16.4-0.3.1
      mozilla-nss-devel-3.16.4-0.3.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.4-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.16.4-0.3.1
      mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.10.7-0.3.1
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.16.4-0.3.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/894370
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

SuSE: 2014:1112-1: important: MozillaFirefox

September 11, 2014
An update that contains security fixes can now be An update that contains security fixes can now be An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Summary

Mozilla Firefox was updated to the 24.8.0ESR release, fixing security issues and bugs. Only some of the published security advisories affect the Mozilla Firefox 24ESR codestream: * MFSA 2014-72 / CVE-2014-1567: Security researcher regenrecht reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a use-after-free during text layout when interacting with the setting of text direction. This results in a use-after-free which can lead to arbitrary code execution. * MFSA 2014-67: Mozilla developers and community identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances, and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. * Jan de Mooij reported a memory safety problem that affects Firefox ES...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#894370

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS

https://bugzilla.novell.com/894370

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1112-1
Rating: important

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