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HistoryAug 22, 2016 - 8:09 p.m.

Security update for MozillaFirefox (important)

2016-08-2220:09:28
lists.opensuse.org
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mozillafirefox
security update
cve-2016-2835
cve-2016-2836
cve-2016-2830
cve-2016-2838
cve-2016-2839
cve-2016-5252
cve-2016-5254
cve-2016-5258
cve-2016-5259
cve-2016-5262
cve-2016-5263
cve-2016-5264
cve-2016-5265
bsc#991809
bsc#990856
bsc#989196
bsc#990628
buffer overrun
hotfix
cpu

EPSS

0.053

Percentile

93.2%

MozillaFirefox was updated to 45.3.0 ESR to fix the following issues
(bsc#991809):

  • MFSA 2016-62/CVE-2016-2835/CVE-2016-2836 Miscellaneous memory safety
    hazards (rv:48.0 / rv:45.3)
  • MFSA 2016-63/CVE-2016-2830 Favicon network connection can persist when
    page is closed
  • MFSA 2016-64/CVE-2016-2838 Buffer overflow rendering SVG with
    bidirectional content
  • MFSA 2016-65/CVE-2016-2839 Cairo rendering crash due to memory
    allocation issue with FFmpeg 0.10
  • MFSA 2016-67/CVE-2016-5252 Stack underflow during 2D graphics rendering
  • MFSA 2016-70/CVE-2016-5254 Use-after-free when using alt key and
    toplevel menus
  • MFSA 2016-72/CVE-2016-5258 Use-after-free in DTLS during WebRTC session
    shutdown
  • MFSA 2016-73/CVE-2016-5259 Use-after-free in service workers with nested
    sync events
  • MFSA 2016-76/CVE-2016-5262 Scripts on marquee tag can execute in
    sandboxed iframes
  • MFSA 2016-77/CVE-2016-2837 Buffer overflow in ClearKey Content
    Decryption Module (CDM) during video playback
  • MFSA 2016-78/CVE-2016-5263 Type confusion in display transformation
  • MFSA 2016-79/CVE-2016-5264 Use-after-free when applying SVG effects
  • MFSA 2016-80/CVE-2016-5265 Same-origin policy violation using local HTML
    file and saved shortcut file
  • CVE-2016-6354: Fix for possible buffer overrun (bsc#990856)

Also a temporary workaround was added:

  • Temporarily bind Firefox to the first CPU as a hotfix for an apparent
    race condition (bsc#989196, bsc#990628)