MGASA-2018-0393 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0393.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-12384

Firefox 60 is now the only supported version of the ESR series and it
brings a completely new browser engine, designed to take full advantage of
the processing power in modern devices. Firefox also now exclusively
supports extensions built using the WebExtension API.

This update brings Firefox 60.2.1 along with the needed updated libraries :
- NSS 3.36.5 (fixes CVE CVE-2018-12384)
- Sqlite 3.22.0
- Hunspell 1.6.2

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23511
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12384

SRPMS:
- 6/core/firefox-60.2.1-1.mga6
- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.2.1-1.mga6
- 6/core/nss-3.36.5-1.1.mga6
- 6/core/sqlite3-3.22.0-2.1.mga6
- 6/core/hunspell1.6-1.6.2-1.mga6

Mageia 2018-0393: firefox security update

Firefox 60 is now the only supported version of the ESR series and it brings a completely new browser engine, designed to take full advantage of the processing power in modern devi...

Summary

Firefox 60 is now the only supported version of the ESR series and it brings a completely new browser engine, designed to take full advantage of the processing power in modern devices. Firefox also now exclusively supports extensions built using the WebExtension API.
This update brings Firefox 60.2.1 along with the needed updated libraries : - NSS 3.36.5 (fixes CVE CVE-2018-12384) - Sqlite 3.22.0 - Hunspell 1.6.2

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23511

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12384

Resolution

MGASA-2018-0393 - Updated firefox packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/firefox-60.2.1-1.mga6

- 6/core/firefox-l10n-60.2.1-1.mga6

- 6/core/nss-3.36.5-1.1.mga6

- 6/core/sqlite3-3.22.0-2.1.mga6

- 6/core/hunspell1.6-1.6.2-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 01 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0393.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-12384

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