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SUSE: 2020:2563-1 Moderate: MozillaFirefox Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
The recent patch addresses multiple security flaws in MozillaFirefox, ensuring vital enhancements and guidance for installation.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: - Firefox Extended Support Release 78.2.0 ESR * Fixed: Various stability, functionality, and security fixes - Mozilla Firefox ESR 78.2 MFSA 2020-38 (bsc#1175686) * CVE-2020-15663 (bmo#1643199) Downgrade attack on the Mozilla Maintenance Service could have resulted in escalation of privilege * CVE-2020-15664 (bmo#1658214) Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation * CVE-2020-15670 (bmo#1651001, bmo#1651449, bmo#1653626, bmo#1656957) Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 80 and Firefox ESR 78.2 - Fixed Firefox tab crash in FIPS mode (bsc#1174284). - Fix broken translation-loading (bsc#1173991) * allow addon sideloading * mark signatures for langpacks non-mandatory * do not autodisable user profile scopes

References

#1173991 #1174284 #1175686

Cross- CVE-2020-15663 CVE-2020-15664 CVE-2020-15670

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15663.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15664.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15670.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173991

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174284

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175686

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2563-1
Rating: moderate

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