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SUSE: 2021:0430-1 Low Severity MozillaFirefox Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
The latest SUSE Security Update brings essential patches for MozillaFirefox, addressing severe file permissions vulnerabilities and mitigating potential buffer overflow threats.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed

Summary

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: Firefox Extended Support Release 78.7.1 ESR (bsc#1181848) - Fixed: Prevent access to NTFS special paths that could lead to filesystem corruption. - Buffer overflow in depth pitch calculations for compressed textures 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-SP2-2021-430=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): MozillaFirefox-78.7.1-8.29.1 MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-78.7.1-8.29.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow low severity SUSE Linux file access issue MozillaFirefox SUSE update

References

#1181848

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181848

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0430-1
Rating: low

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow low severity SUSE Linux file access issue MozillaFirefox SUSE update

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