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openSUSE Leap 15.1: 2021:0063-1 Critical: MozillaFirefox Patch

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
New version released for MozillaFirefox on openSUSE addressing urgent security flaw CVE-2020-16044. Essential update advised.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

- Firefox Extended Support Release 78.6.1 ESR

* Fixed: Critical security issue MFSA 2021-01 (bsc#1180623)

* CVE-2020-16044 Use-after-free write when handling a malicious

COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue security issue critical software update patch important security patch openSUSE MozillaFirefox

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-63=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

MozillaFirefox-debugsource-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

MozillaFirefox-devel-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

MozillaFirefox-translations-other-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16044.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180623

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0063-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue security issue critical software update patch important security patch openSUSE MozillaFirefox

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