Security update for Mozilla Firefox

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0470-1
Rating: important
References: #808243
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    MozillaFirefox has been updated to the 17.0.4ESR release
    which fixes one important security issue:

    * MFSA 2013-29 / CVE-2013-0787: VUPEN Security, via
    TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, reported a
    use-after-free within the HTML editor when content script
    is run by the document.execCommand() function while
    internal editor operations are occurring. This could allow
    for arbitrary code execution.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2013-0787
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    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 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-firefox-201303-7464
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-firefox-201303-7464
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-firefox-201303-7464

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.4esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.4esr-0.5.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.4esr-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.4esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.4esr-0.5.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.4esr-0.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.4esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.4esr-0.5.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.4esr-0.5.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0787.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/808243
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=80cb5f45bf32ac42965b90fa93bccfbc