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HistorySep 10, 2015 - 5:10 p.m.

Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (important)

2015-09-1017:10:07
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Mozilla Firefox is being updated to the current Firefox 38ESR branch
(specifically the 38.2.0ESR release).

Security issues fixed:

  • MFSA 2015-78 / CVE-2015-4495: Same origin violation and local file
    stealing via PDF reader
  • MFSA 2015-79 / CVE-2015-4473/CVE-2015-4474: Miscellaneous memory safety
    hazards (rv:40.0 / rv:38.2)
  • MFSA 2015-80 / CVE-2015-4475: Out-of-bounds read with malformed MP3 file
  • MFSA 2015-82 / CVE-2015-4478: Redefinition of non-configurable
    JavaScript object properties
  • MFSA 2015-83 / CVE-2015-4479: Overflow issues in libstagefright
  • MFSA 2015-87 / CVE-2015-4484: Crash when using shared memory in
    JavaScript
  • MFSA 2015-88 / CVE-2015-4491: Heap overflow in gdk-pixbuf when scaling
    bitmap images
  • MFSA 2015-89 / CVE-2015-4485/CVE-2015-4486: 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 2015-92 / CVE-2015-4492: Use-after-free in XMLHttpRequest with
    shared workers

This update also contains a lot of feature improvements and bug fixes from
31ESR to 38ESR.

Also the Mozilla NSS library switched its CKBI API from 1.98 to 2.4, which
is what Firefox 38ESR uses.