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SUSE: 2011:1256-1 Critical: Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2011
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Urgent security patch released for Mozilla Firefox on SUSE Linux. Addresses 13 vulnerabilities, encompassing XSS and memory leak flaws.
An update that fixes 13 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1256-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #726096 #728520 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-2372 CVE-2011-2996 CVE-2011-2998
                    CVE-2011-2999 CVE-2011-3000 CVE-2011-3001
                    CVE-2011-3647 CVE-2011-3648 CVE-2011-3649
                    CVE-2011-3650 CVE-2011-3651 CVE-2011-3653
                    CVE-2011-3655
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that fixes 13 vulnerabilities is now available.
   It includes three new package versions.

Description:


   MozillaFirefox has been updated to version 1.9.2.24
   (bnc#728520) to fix the  following security issues:

   * MFSA 2011-46/CVE-2011-3647 (bmo#680880) loadSubScript
   unwraps XPCNativeWrapper scope parameter
   * MFSA 2011-47/CVE-2011-3648 (bmo#690225) Potential XSS
   against sites using Shift-JIS
   * MFSA 2011-49/CVE-2011-3650 (bmo#674776) Memory
   corruption while profiling using Firebug

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2011-3648
   
   * CVE-2011-3000
   
   * CVE-2011-3001
   
   * CVE-2011-3647
   
   * CVE-2011-2372
   
   * CVE-2011-2999
   
   * CVE-2011-3650
   
   * CVE-2011-2998
   
   * CVE-2011-2996
   
   * CVE-2011-3655
   
   * CVE-2011-3653
   
   * CVE-2011-3649
   
   * CVE-2011-3651
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-MozillaFirefox-5429

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-5429

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-5429

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-MozillaFirefox-5429

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24 and 3.13.1]:

      mozilla-nss-devel-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-devel-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24]:

      mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ppc64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24]:

      mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.2
      mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ia64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24]:

      mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-x86-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-x86-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 3.13.1 and 3.6.24]:

      MozillaFirefox-3.6.24-0.3.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-3.6.24-0.3.1
      libfreebl3-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 3.13.1]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24,3.13.1 and 3.6.24]:

      MozillaFirefox-3.6.24-0.3.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-3.6.24-0.3.1
      libfreebl3-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 3.13.1]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.13.1-0.2.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24]:

      mozilla-xulrunner192-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24]:

      mozilla-xulrunner192-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24 and 3.13.1]:

      libfreebl3-x86-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-x86-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-x86-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24,3.13.1 and 3.6.24]:

      MozillaFirefox-3.6.24-0.3.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-3.6.24-0.3.1
      libfreebl3-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-tools-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-1.9.2.24-0.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.9.2.24 and 3.13.1]:

      libfreebl3-32bit-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-nss-32bit-3.13.1-0.2.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.1
      mozilla-xulrunner192-translations-32bit-1.9.2.24-0.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2372.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2996.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2998.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2999.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3000.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3001.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3647.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3648.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3649.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3650.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3651.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3653.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3655.html

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