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SUSE: 2016:3048-1 Important MozillaFirefox Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey December 7, 2016
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SUSE Security Patch for Thunderbird tackles essential vulnerabilities that may lead to unauthorized access and system exploitation.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes security issues. The following vulnerabilities were fixed in Firefox ESR 45.5.1 (bbsc#1012964): - CVE-2016-9079: Use-after-free in SVG Animation could be used for code execution (MFSA 2016-92 bsc#1012964) 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 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1771=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1771=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1771=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2016-1771=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution important risk assessment SUSE Linux Enterprise MozillaFirefox

References

#1012964

Cross- CVE-2016-9079

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012964

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3048-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution important risk assessment SUSE Linux Enterprise MozillaFirefox

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