openSUSE Security Update : the MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss and mozilla-nspr (openSUSE-2016-128)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88549

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to MozillaFirefox fixes several security issues and bugs.

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 44.0. Mozilla NSS was updated to 3.21 Mozilla NSPR was updated to 4.11.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

- CVE-2016-1930/CVE-2016-1931: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (boo#963633)

- CVE-2016-1933: Out of Memory crash when parsing GIF format images (boo#963634)

- CVE-2016-1935: Buffer overflow in WebGL after out of memory allocation (boo#963635)

- CVE-2015-7208/CVE-2016-1939: Firefox allows for control characters to be set in cookie names (boo#963637)

- CVE-2016-1937: Missing delay following user click events in protocol handler dialog (boo#963641)

- CVE-2016-1938: Errors in mp_div and mp_exptmod cryptographic functions in NSS (boo#963731)

- CVE-2016-1942/CVE-2016-1943: Addressbar spoofing attacks (boo#963643)

- CVE-2016-1944/CVE-2016-1945/CVE-2016-1946: Unsafe memory manipulation found through code inspection (boo#963644)

- CVE-2016-1947: Application Reputation service disabled in Firefox 43 (boo#963645)

The following change from Mozilla Firefox 43.0.4 is included :

- Re-enable SHA-1 certificates to prevent outdated man-in-the-middle security devices from interfering with properly secured SSL/TLS connections

Solution

Update the affected the MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss and mozilla-nspr packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88549

File Name: openSUSE-2016-128.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/3/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-other, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-certs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-sysinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-buildsymbols, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoftokn3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfreebl3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nspr-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozilla-nss-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7208, CVE-2016-1930, CVE-2016-1931, CVE-2016-1933, CVE-2016-1935, CVE-2016-1937, CVE-2016-1938, CVE-2016-1939, CVE-2016-1942, CVE-2016-1943, CVE-2016-1944, CVE-2016-1945, CVE-2016-1946, CVE-2016-1947

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