Security update for MozillaFirefox
SUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaFirefox
This update provides Mozilla Firefox 10, which provides
many fixes, security and feature enhancements.
For a detailed list, please have a look at
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/
and
http://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/features/
The following security issues have been fixed in this
update:
*
Mozilla developers 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. (MFSA
2012-01
> , CVE-2012-0443
> )
*
Alex Dvorov reported that an attacker could replace a
sub-frame in another domain's document by using the name
attribute of the sub-frame as a form submission target.
This can potentially allow for phishing attacks against
users and violates the HTML5 frame navigation policy. (MFSA
2012-03
> )
*
Security researcher regenrecht reported via
TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative that removed child nodes
of nsDOMAttribute can be accessed under certain
circumstances because of a premature notification of
AttributeChildRemoved. This use-after-free of the child
nodes could possibly allow for for remote code execution.
(MFSA 2012-04
> )
*
Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported
that frame scripts bypass XPConnect security checks when
calling untrusted objects. This allows for cross-site
scripting (XSS) attacks through web pages and Firefox
extensions. The fix enables the Script Security Manager
(SSM) to force security checks on all frame scripts. (MFSA
2012-05
> )
*
Mozilla developer Tim Abraldes reported that when
encoding images as image/vnd.microsoft.icon the resulting
data was always a fixed size, with uninitialized memory
appended as padding beyond the size of the actual image.
This is the result of mImageBufferSize in the encoder being
initialized with a value different than the size of the
source image. There is the possibility of sensitive data
from uninitialized memory being appended to a PNG image
when converted fron an ICO format image. This sensitive
data may then be disclosed in the resulting image. ((MFSA
2012-06)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-06.ht
ml], [CVE-2012-0447
> )
*
Security researcher regenrecht reported via
TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative the possibility of
memory corruption during the decoding of Ogg Vorbis files.
This can cause a crash during decoding and has the
potential for remote code execution. (MFSA 2012-07
> )
*
Security researchers Nicolas Gregoire and Aki Helin
independently reported that when processing a malformed
embedded XSLT stylesheet, Firefox can crash due to a memory
corruption. While there is no evidence that this is
directly exploitable, there is a possibility of remote code
execution. (MFSA 2012-08
> )
*
magicant starmen reported that if a user chooses to
export their Firefox Sync key the "Firefox Recovery
Key.html" file is saved with incorrect permissions, making
the file contents potentially readable by other users on
Linux and OS X systems. (MFSA 2012-09
> )
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2012:0220-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #742826 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available. It includes three new package versions.
Description:
This update provides Mozilla Firefox 10, which provides
many fixes, security and feature enhancements.
For a detailed list, please have a look at
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/
and
http://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/features/
The following security issues have been fixed in this
update:
*
Mozilla developers 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. (MFSA
2012-01
*
Alex Dvorov reported that an attacker could replace a
sub-frame in another domain's document by using the name
attribute of the sub-frame as a form submission target.
This can potentially allow for phishing attacks against
users and violates the HTML5 frame navigation policy. (MFSA
2012-03
*
Security researcher regenrecht reported via
TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative that removed child nodes
of nsDOMAttribute can be accessed under certain
circumstances because of a premature notification of
AttributeChildRemoved. This use-after-free of the child
nodes could possibly allow for for remote code execution.
(MFSA 2012-04
*
Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported
that frame scripts bypass XPConnect security checks when
calling untrusted objects. This allows for cross-site
scripting (XSS) attacks through web pages and Firefox
extensions. The fix enables the Script Security Manager
(SSM) to force security checks on all frame scripts. (MFSA
2012-05
*
Mozilla developer Tim Abraldes reported that when
encoding images as image/vnd.microsoft.icon the resulting
data was always a fixed size, with uninitialized memory
appended as padding beyond the size of the actual image.
This is the result of mImageBufferSize in the encoder being
initialized with a value different than the size of the
source image. There is the possibility of sensitive data
from uninitialized memory being appended to a PNG image
when converted fron an ICO format image. This sensitive
data may then be disclosed in the resulting image. ((MFSA
2012-06)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-06.ht
ml], [CVE-2012-0447
*
Security researcher regenrecht reported via
TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative the possibility of
memory corruption during the decoding of Ogg Vorbis files.
This can cause a crash during decoding and has the
potential for remote code execution. (MFSA 2012-07
*
Security researchers Nicolas Gregoire and Aki Helin
independently reported that when processing a malformed
embedded XSLT stylesheet, Firefox can crash due to a memory
corruption. While there is no evidence that this is
directly exploitable, there is a possibility of remote code
execution. (MFSA 2012-08
*
magicant starmen reported that if a user chooses to
export their Firefox Sync key the "Firefox Recovery
Key.html" file is saved with incorrect permissions, making
the file contents potentially readable by other users on
Linux and OS X systems. (MFSA 2012-09
Indications:
Firefox users should update.
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 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1-firefox-10-5754 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-firefox-10-5754 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-firefox-10-5754 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-firefox-10-5754
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 s390x x86_64):
- beagle-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- beagle-devel-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- beagle-lang-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0 and 7]:
- MozillaFirefox-10.0-0.3.2
- MozillaFirefox-branding-SLES-for-VMware-7-0.4.2.5
- MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0-0.3.2
- mozilla-kde4-integration-0.6.3-5.6.5
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 10.0 and 7]:
- MozillaFirefox-10.0-0.3.2
- MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-7-0.6.7.7
- MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0-0.3.2
- mozilla-kde4-integration-0.6.3-5.6.5
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0,11.1.102.55 and 7]:
- MozillaFirefox-10.0-0.3.2
- MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-7-0.6.7.7
- MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0-0.3.2
- beagle-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- beagle-evolution-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- beagle-firefox-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- beagle-gui-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- beagle-lang-0.3.8-56.44.45.6
- flash-player-11.1.102.55-0.13.1
- mhtml-firefox-0.5-1.45.7
- mozilla-kde4-integration-0.6.3-5.6.5
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3659.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0442.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0443.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0444.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0445.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0446.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0447.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0449.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0450.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/742826
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=036e93199c4a2b5d3bc60b6d05a8d355