Security update for MozillaFirefox
SUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaFirefox
Mozilla Firefox was updated to the 24.8.0ESR release, fixing security
issues and bugs.
Only some of the published security advisories affect the Mozilla Firefox
24ESR codestream:
* MFSA 2014-72 / CVE-2014-1567: Security researcher regenrecht
reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a use-after-free
during text layout when interacting with the setting of text
direction. This results in a use-after-free which can lead to
arbitrary code execution.
* MFSA 2014-67: Mozilla developers and community 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.
* Jan de Mooij reported a memory safety problem that affects Firefox
ESR 24.7, ESR 31 and Firefox 31. (CVE-2014-1562)
More information is referenced on:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-1562
* CVE-2014-1567
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1107-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #894370 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. It includes three new package versions.
Description:
Mozilla Firefox was updated to the 24.8.0ESR release, fixing security
issues and bugs.
Only some of the published security advisories affect the Mozilla Firefox
24ESR codestream:
* MFSA 2014-72 / CVE-2014-1567: Security researcher regenrecht
reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a use-after-free
during text layout when interacting with the setting of text
direction. This results in a use-after-free which can lead to
arbitrary code execution.
* MFSA 2014-67: Mozilla developers and community 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.
* Jan de Mooij reported a memory safety problem that affects Firefox
ESR 24.7, ESR 31 and Firefox 31. (CVE-2014-1562)
More information is referenced on:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-1562
* CVE-2014-1567
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-firefox-201409-9687 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-firefox-201409-9687 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-firefox-201409-9687 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-firefox-201409-9687
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) [New Version: 3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- MozillaFirefox-devel-24.8.0esr-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-devel-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-devel-3.16.4-0.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 24.8.0esr,3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- MozillaFirefox-24.8.0esr-0.8.1
- MozillaFirefox-translations-24.8.0esr-0.8.1
- libfreebl3-3.16.4-0.8.1
- libsoftokn3-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.4-0.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- libfreebl3-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- libsoftokn3-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 24.8.0esr,3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- MozillaFirefox-24.8.0esr-0.8.1
- MozillaFirefox-translations-24.8.0esr-0.8.1
- libfreebl3-3.16.4-0.8.1
- libsoftokn3-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.4-0.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- libfreebl3-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- libsoftokn3-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64) [New Version: 3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- libfreebl3-x86-3.16.4-0.8.1
- libsoftokn3-x86-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-x86-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-x86-3.16.4-0.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 24.8.0esr,3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- MozillaFirefox-24.8.0esr-0.8.1
- MozillaFirefox-translations-24.8.0esr-0.8.1
- libfreebl3-3.16.4-0.8.1
- libsoftokn3-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nss-tools-3.16.4-0.8.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 3.16.4 and 4.10.7]:
- libfreebl3-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- libsoftokn3-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
- mozilla-nspr-32bit-4.10.7-0.3.1
- mozilla-nss-32bit-3.16.4-0.8.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1562.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1567.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/894370
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=873315fb280696995d2133ee7817926f