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HistoryAug 05, 2016 - 1:09 a.m.

Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (important)

2016-08-0501:09:19
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0.048 Low

EPSS

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91.8%

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 48.0 to fix security issues, bugs, and
deliver various improvements.

The following major changes are included:

  • Process separation (e10s) is enabled for some users
  • Add-ons that have not been verified and signed by Mozilla will not load
  • WebRTC enhancements
  • The media parser has been redeveloped using the Rust programming language
  • better Canvas performance with speedy Skia support
  • Now requires NSS 3.24

The following security issues were fixed: (boo#991809)

  • CVE-2016-2835/CVE-2016-2836: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
  • CVE-2016-2830: Favicon network connection can persist when page is closed
  • CVE-2016-2838: Buffer overflow rendering SVG with bidirectional content
  • CVE-2016-2839: Cairo rendering crash due to memory allocation issue with
    FFmpeg 0.10
  • CVE-2016-5251: Location bar spoofing via data URLs with
    malformed/invalid mediatypes
  • CVE-2016-5252: Stack underflow during 2D graphics rendering
  • CVE-2016-0718: Out-of-bounds read during XML parsing in Expat library
  • CVE-2016-5254: Use-after-free when using alt key and toplevel menus
  • CVE-2016-5255: Crash in incremental garbage collection in JavaScript
  • CVE-2016-5258: Use-after-free in DTLS during WebRTC session shutdown
  • CVE-2016-5259: Use-after-free in service workers with nested sync events
  • CVE-2016-5260: Form input type change from password to text can store
    plain text password in session restore file
  • CVE-2016-5261: Integer overflow in WebSockets during data buffering
  • CVE-2016-5262: Scripts on marquee tag can execute in sandboxed iframes
  • CVE-2016-2837: Buffer overflow in ClearKey Content Decryption Module
    (CDM) during video playback
  • CVE-2016-5263: Type confusion in display transformation
  • CVE-2016-5264: Use-after-free when applying SVG effects
  • CVE-2016-5265: Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and
    saved shortcut file
  • CVE-2016-5266: Information disclosure and local file manipulation
    through drag and drop
  • CVE-2016-5268: Spoofing attack through text injection into internal
    error pages
  • CVE-2016-5250: Information disclosure through Resource Timing API during
    page navigation

The following non-security changes are included:

  • The AppData description and screenshots were updated.
  • Fix Firefox crash on startup on i586 (boo#986541)
  • The Selenium WebDriver may have caused Firefox to crash at startup
  • fix build issues with gcc/binutils combination used in Leap 42.2
    (boo#984637)
  • Fix running on 48bit va aarch64 (boo#984126)
  • fix XUL dialog button order under KDE session (boo#984403)

Mozilla NSS was updated to 3.24 as a dependency.

Changes in mozilla-nss:

  • NSS softoken updated with latest NIST guidance
  • NSS softoken updated to allow NSS to run in FIPS Level 1 (no password)
  • Various added and deprecated functions
  • Remove most code related to SSL v2, including the ability to actively
    send a SSLv2-compatible client hello.
  • Protect against the Cachebleed attack.
  • Disable support for DTLS compression.
  • Improve support for TLS 1.3. This includes support for DTLS 1.3.
    (experimental)