SUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaFirefox
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0630-1
Rating:             important
References:         #923534 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-0817 CVE-2015-0818
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   MozillaFirefox was updated to the 31.5.3ESR release to fix two security
   vulnerabilities:

   MFSA 2015-29 / CVE-2015-0817: Security researcher ilxu1a reported, through
   HP Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest, a flaw in Mozilla's
   implementation of typed array bounds checking in JavaScript just-in-time
   compilation (JIT) and its management of bounds checking for heap access.
   This flaw can be leveraged into the reading and writing of memory allowing
   for arbitary code execution on the local system.

   MFSA 2015-28 / CVE-2015-0818: Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski
   reported, through HP Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest, a method to
   run arbitrary scripts in a privileged context. This bypassed the
   same-origin policy protections by using a flaw in the processing of SVG
   format content navigation.


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:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-148=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-148=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-148=1

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


Package List:

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

      MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-debugsource-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-devel-31.5.3esr-27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      MozillaFirefox-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-debugsource-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-31.5.3esr-27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      MozillaFirefox-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-debugsource-31.5.3esr-27.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-31.5.3esr-27.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0817.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0818.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/923534

SuSE: 2015:0630-1: important: MozillaFirefox

March 30, 2015
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

MozillaFirefox was updated to the 31.5.3ESR release to fix two security vulnerabilities: MFSA 2015-29 / CVE-2015-0817: Security researcher ilxu1a reported, through HP Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest, a flaw in Mozilla's implementation of typed array bounds checking in JavaScript just-in-time compilation (JIT) and its management of bounds checking for heap access. This flaw can be leveraged into the reading and writing of memory allowing for arbitary code execution on the local system. MFSA 2015-28 / CVE-2015-0818: Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski reported, through HP Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own contest, a method to run arbitrary scripts in a privileged context. This bypassed the same-origin policy protections by using a flaw in the processing of SVG format content navigation. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: ...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#923534

Cross- CVE-2015-0817 CVE-2015-0818

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0817.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0818.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/923534

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0630-1
Rating: important

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