openSUSE: 2017:3027-1 Important: MozillaFirefox Memory Safety Fix
opensuse
November 17, 2017
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available
Description
MozillaFirefox was updated to 52.5.0esr (boo#1068101)
MFSA 2017-25
* CVE-2017-7828: Fixed a use-after-free of PressShell while restyling
layout
* CVE-2017-7830: Cross-origin URL information leak through Resource Timing
API
* CVE-2017-7826: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 57 and Firefox ESR
52.5
Also fixed:
- Correct plugin directory for aarch64 (boo#1061207). The wrapper script
was not detecting aarch64 as a 64 bit architecture, thus used
/usr/lib/browser-plugins/.
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 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1279=1
- openSUSE Leap 42.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1279=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
MozillaFirefox-52.5.0-66.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-52.5.0-66.1
MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-52.5.0-66.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-52.5.0-66.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource-52.5.0-66.1
MozillaFirefox-devel-52.5.0-66.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common-52.5.0-66.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other-52.5.0-66.1
- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):
MozillaFirefox-52.5.0-57.21.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-52.5.0-57.21.1
MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-52.5.0-57.21.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-52.5.0-57.21.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource-52.5.0-57.21.1
MozillaFirefox-devel-52.5.0-57.21.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common-52.5.0-57.21.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other-52.5.0-57.21.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7826.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7828.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7830.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061207
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068101
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:3027-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
openSUSE Leap 42.2
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