Security update for MozillaFirefox

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14684-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-23981 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-23981 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-23982 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23982 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23984 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23984 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23987 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-23987 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

  • Firefox was updated to 78.9.0 ESR (MFSA 2021-11, bsc#1183942)
  • CVE-2021-23981: Texture upload into an unbound backing buffer resulted in an out-of-bound read
  • CVE-2021-23982: Internal network hosts could have been probed by a malicious webpage
  • CVE-2021-23984: Malicious extensions could have spoofed popup information
  • CVE-2021-23987: Memory safety bugs

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-MozillaFirefox-14684=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-MozillaFirefox-14684=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-other-78.9.0-78.123.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.9.0-78.123.1
    • MozillaFirefox-78.9.0-78.123.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-other-78.9.0-78.123.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.9.0-78.123.1
    • MozillaFirefox-78.9.0-78.123.1

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