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openSUSE Leap 15.4/15.5: 2023:3898-1 Important: Firefox Security Issues

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2023
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The new Mozilla Firefox update tackles essential security issues and numerous bugs, enhancing secure browsing for users on multiple SUSE distributions
This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 115.3.0 ESR (MFSA 2023-42, bsc#1215575):

Description

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

Update to Firefox Extended Support Release 115.3.0 ESR (MFSA 2023-42,

bsc#1215575):

Security fixes:

* CVE-2023-5168: Out-of-bounds write in FilterNodeD2D1 (bmo#1846683).

* CVE-2023-5169: Out-of-bounds write in PathOps (bmo#1846685).

* CVE-2023-5171: Use-after-free in Ion Compiler (bmo#1851599).

* CVE-2023-5174: Double-free in process spawning on Windows (bmo#1848454).

* CVE-2023-5176: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 118, Firefox ESR 115.3,

and Thunderbird 115.3 (bmo#1836353, bmo#1842674, bmo#1843824, bmo#1843962,

bmo#1848890, bmo#1850180, bmo#1850983, bmo#1851195).

Other fixes:

* Fix broken build with newer binutils (bsc#1215309)

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3898=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP4-2023-3898=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP5-2023-3898=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-3898=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-3898=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-3898=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-3898=1

* SUSE Linux...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* MozillaFirefox-debugsource-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-translations-other-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-translations-common-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* MozillaFirefox-devel-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* MozillaFirefox-debugsource-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-translations-other-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-translations-common-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* MozillaFirefox-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP4 (noarch)

* MozillaFirefox-devel-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* MozillaFirefox-debugsource-115.3.0-150200.152.108.1

*...

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References

* #1215309

* #1215575

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5168.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5169.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5171.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5174.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5176.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215309

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215575

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3898-1
Rating: important

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