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openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2016-223)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88828

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues :

 - update to Firefox 44.0.2

 - MFSA 2016-13/CVE-2016-1949 (bmo#1245724, boo#966438) Same-origin-policy violation using Service Workers with plugins

 - Fix issue which could lead to the removal of stored passwords under certain circumstances (bmo#1242176)

 - Allows spaces in cookie names (bmo#1244505)

 - Disable opus/vorbis audio with H.264 (bmo#1245696)

 - Fix for graphics startup crash (GNU/Linux) (bmo#1222171)

 - Fix a crash in cache networking (bmo#1244076)

 - Fix using WebSockets in service worker controlled pages (bmo#1243942)

Solution

Update the affected MozillaFirefox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966438

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88828

File Name: openSUSE-2016-223.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-other, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-buildsymbols, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mozillafirefox-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1949