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SUSE: 2023:0912-1 Critical: MozillaFirefox Memory Leakage Resolution

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Calendar Grey January 12, 2021
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Essential security enhancement for Mozilla Firefox addressed significant vulnerabilities in the SUSE environment, complete with comprehensive patch guidelines.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

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 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-71=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): MozillaFirefox-78.6.1-8.23.1 MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-8.23.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important suse mozilla firefox use-after-free desktop applications

References

#1180623

Cross- CVE-2020-16044

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180623

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0071-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important suse mozilla firefox use-after-free desktop applications

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