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openSUSE Leap 42.2: 2016:2991-1 Critical: Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2016
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
By patching a serious vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, this release guarantees that users remain safeguarded against possible threats.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update contains Mozilla Thunderbird 45.5.1 and fixes one

vulnerability.

In Mozilla Thunderbird, this vulnerability may be exploited when used in a

browser-like context.

- CVE-2016-9079: SVG Animation Remote Code Execution (MFSA 2016-92,

bsc#1012964, bmo#1321066)

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1393=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1393=1

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1393=1

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

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbols-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-devel-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-45.5.1-28.2

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbols-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-devel-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-45.5.1-28.2

MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-45.5.1-28.2

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-55.1

MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbols-45.5.1-55.1

MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-45.5.1-55.1

MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-45.5.1-55.1

MozillaThunderbird-devel-45.5.1-55.1

MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-45.5.1-55.1

MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-45.5.1-55.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9079.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012964

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2991-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 openSUSE Leap 42.1 openSUSE 13.2 .

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