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openSUSE 13.2 & 13.1: 2015:1229-1 Important: MozillaFirefox Security Issues

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2015
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openSUSE has launched a crucial patch that addresses 21 vulnerabilities in MozillaFirefox and NSS. It's advisable to update immediately to maintain your system's security integrity.
An update that fixes 21 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

MozillaFirefox was updated to version 39.0 to fix 21 security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2015-2724/CVE-2015-2725/CVE-2015-2726: Miscellaneous memory safety

hazards (bsc#935979).

- CVE-2015-2727: Local files or privileged URLs in pages can be opened

into new tabs (bsc#935979).

- CVE-2015-2728: Type confusion in Indexed Database Manager (bsc#935979).

- CVE-2015-2729: Out-of-bound read while computing an oscillator rendering

range in Web Audio (bsc#935979).

- CVE-2015-2731: Use-after-free in Content Policy due to microtask

execution error (bsc#935979).

- CVE-2015-2730: ECDSA signature validation fails to handle some

signatures correctly (bsc#935979).

- CVE-2015-2722/CVE-2015-2733: Use-after-free in workers while using

XMLHttpRequest (bsc#935979).

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CVE-2015-2734/CVE-2015-2735/CVE-2015-2736/CVE-2015-2737/CVE-2015-2738/CVE-2

015-2739/CVE-2015-2740: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-480=1

- openSUSE 13.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-480=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-39.0-34.2

MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-39.0-34.2

MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-39.0-34.2

MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-39.0-34.2

MozillaFirefox-debugsource-39.0-34.2

MozillaFirefox-devel-39.0-34.2

MozillaFirefox-translations-common-39.0-34.2

MozillaFirefox-translations-other-39.0-34.2

libfreebl3-3.19.2-16.1

libfreebl3-debuginfo-3.19.2-16.1

libsoftokn3-3.19.2-16.1

libsoftokn3-debuginfo-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-certs-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-debuginfo-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-debugsource-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-devel-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-sysinit-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-tools-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-tools-debuginfo-3.19.2-16.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

libfreebl3-32bit-3.19.2-16.1

libfreebl3-debuginfo-32bit-3.19.2-16.1

libsoftokn3-32bit-3.19.2-16.1

libsoftokn3-debuginfo-32bit-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-32bit-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-3.19.2-16.1

mozilla-nss-certs-d...

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References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2721.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2722.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2724.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2725.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2726.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2727.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2728.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2729.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2730.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2731.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2733.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2734.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2735.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2736.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2737.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2738.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2739.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2740.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2741.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:1229-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 openSUSE 13.1 .

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