Security update for Mozilla Firefox

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1325-1
Rating: important
References: #833389
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that contains security fixes can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update to Firefox 17.0.8esr (bnc#833389) addresses:

    * MFSA 2013-63/CVE-2013-1701/CVE-2013-1702 (bmo#855331,
    bmo#844088, bmo#858060, bmo#870200, bmo#874974, bmo#861530,
    bmo#854157, bmo#893684, bmo#878703, bmo#862185, bmo#879139,
    bmo#888107, bmo#880734)

    Miscellaneous memory safety hazards have been fixed
    (rv:23.0 / rv:17.0.8):

    * MFSA 2013-66/CVE-2013-1706/CVE-2013-1707 (bmo#888314,
    bmo#888361) Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service
    and Mozilla Updater
    * MFSA 2013-68/CVE-2013-1709 (bmo#848253) Document URI
    misrepresentation and masquerading
    * MFSA 2013-69/CVE-2013-1710 (bmo#871368) CRMF requests
    allow for code execution and XSS attacks
    * MFSA 2013-71/CVE-2013-1712 (bmo#859072) Further
    Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater
    * MFSA 2013-72/CVE-2013-1713 (bmo#887098) Wrong
    principal used for validating URI for some Javascript
    components
    * MFSA 2013-73/CVE-2013-1714 (bmo#879787) Same-origin
    bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest
    * MFSA 2013-75/CVE-2013-1717 (bmo#406541) Local Java
    applets may read contents of local file system

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-MozillaFirefox-8191
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-MozillaFirefox-8191
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-MozillaFirefox-8191
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-MozillaFirefox-8187
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-MozillaFirefox-8187
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-MozillaFirefox-8191
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-MozillaFirefox-8187

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • MozillaFirefox-devel-17.0.8esr-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.7.2
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.7.2
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.7.2
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.7.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 17.0.8esr]:
    • MozillaFirefox-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1
    • MozillaFirefox-translations-17.0.8esr-0.4.2.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/833389
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0cfcf5031e62c63bd502567283c781f9
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5d16f58a1649e09775bbc460079ceeda