openSUSE Security Update: seamonkey
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:0007-1
Rating:             important
References:         #737533 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-3658 CVE-2011-3660 CVE-2011-3661
                    CVE-2011-3663 CVE-2011-3665
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.4
                    openSUSE 11.3
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   An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available. It
   includes one version update.

Description:

   seamonkey version 2.6 fixes several security issues:

   * MFSA 2011-53/CVE-2011-3660: Miscellaneous memory safety
   hazards
   * MFSA 2011-54/CVE-2011-3661: Potentially exploitable crash
   in the YARR regular expression library
   * MFSA 2011-55/CVE-2011-3658: nsSVGValue out-of-bounds
   access
   * MFSA 2011-56/CVE-2011-3663: Key detection without
   JavaScript via SVG animation
   * MFSA 2011-58/CVE-2011-3665: Crash scaling

openSUSE: 2012:0007-1: important: seamonkey

January 5, 2012
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

seamonkey version 2.6 fixes several security issues: * MFSA 2011-53/CVE-2011-3660: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards * MFSA 2011-54/CVE-2011-3661: Potentially exploitable crash in the YARR regular expression library * MFSA 2011-55/CVE-2011-3658: nsSVGValue out-of-bounds access * MFSA 2011-56/CVE-2011-3663: Key detection without JavaScript via SVG animation * MFSA 2011-58/CVE-2011-3665: Crash scaling

 

Patch

Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch seamonkey-5574 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch seamonkey-5574 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6]: seamonkey-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-dom-inspector-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-irc-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-translations-common-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-translations-other-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-venkman-2.6-0.2.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6]: seamonkey-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-dom-inspector-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-irc-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-translations-common-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-translations-other-2.6-0.2.1 seamonkey-venkman-2.6-0.2.1


References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3658.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3660.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3661.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3663.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3665.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/737533


Severity
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0007-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 . It includes one version update.

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