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HistoryAug 14, 2015 - 7:10 p.m.

Security update for MozillaFirefox (important)

2015-08-1419:10:03
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  • update to Firefox 40.0 (bnc#940806)
    • Added protection against unwanted software downloads
    • Suggested Tiles show sites of interest, based on categories from your
      recent browsing history
    • Hello allows adding a link to conversations to provide context
      on what the conversation will be about
    • New style for add-on manager based on the in-content preferences style
    • Improved scrolling, graphics, and video playback performance with off
      main thread compositing (GNU/Linux only)
    • Graphic blocklist mechanism improved: Firefox version ranges can be
      specified, limiting the number of devices blocked security fixes:
    • MFSA 2015-79/CVE-2015-4473/CVE-2015-4474 Miscellaneous memory safety
      hazards
    • MFSA 2015-80/CVE-2015-4475 (bmo#1175396) Out-of-bounds read with
      malformed MP3 file
    • MFSA 2015-81/CVE-2015-4477 (bmo#1179484) Use-after-free in MediaStream
      playback
    • MFSA 2015-82/CVE-2015-4478 (bmo#1105914) Redefinition of
      non-configurable JavaScript object properties
    • MFSA 2015-83/CVE-2015-4479/CVE-2015-4480/CVE-2015-4493 Overflow issues
      in libstagefright
    • MFSA 2015-84/CVE-2015-4481 (bmo1171518) Arbitrary file overwriting
      through Mozilla Maintenance Service with hard links (only affected
      Windows)
    • MFSA 2015-85/CVE-2015-4482 (bmo#1184500) Out-of-bounds write with
      Updater and malicious MAR file (does not affect openSUSE RPM packages
      which do not ship the updater)
    • MFSA 2015-86/CVE-2015-4483 (bmo#1148732) Feed protocol with POST
      bypasses mixed content protections
    • MFSA 2015-87/CVE-2015-4484 (bmo#1171540) Crash when using shared
      memory in JavaScript
    • MFSA 2015-88/CVE-2015-4491 (bmo#1184009) Heap overflow in gdk-pixbuf
      when scaling bitmap images
    • MFSA 2015-89/CVE-2015-4485/CVE-2015-4486 (bmo#1177948, bmo#1178148)
      Buffer overflows on Libvpx when decoding WebM video
    • MFSA 2015-90/CVE-2015-4487/CVE-2015-4488/CVE-2015-4489 Vulnerabilities
      found through code inspection
    • MFSA 2015-91/CVE-2015-4490 (bmo#1086999) Mozilla Content Security
      Policy allows for asterisk wildcards in violation of CSP specification
    • MFSA 2015-92/CVE-2015-4492 (bmo#1185820) Use-after-free in
      XMLHttpRequest with shared workers
    • added mozilla-no-stdcxx-check.patch

    • removed obsolete patches

      • mozilla-add-glibcxx_use_cxx11_abi.patch
      • firefox-multilocale-chrome.patch
    • rebased patches

    • requires version 40 of the branding package

    • removed browser/searchplugins/ location as it’s not valid anymore

    • includes security update to Firefox 39.0.3 (bnc#940918)

      • MFSA 2015-78/CVE-2015-4495 (bmo#1179262, bmo#1178058) Same origin
        violation and local file stealing via PDF reader