SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2016:1342-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91250

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update to MozillaFirefox 38.8.0 ESR fixes the following security issues (bsc#977333) :

- CVE-2016-2805: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2016-39 (bsc#977374)

- CVE-2016-2807: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards - MFSA 2016-39 (bsc#977376)

- CVE-2016-2808: Write to invalid HashMap entry through JavaScript.watch()

- MFSA 2016-47 (bsc#977386)

- CVE-2016-2814: Buffer overflow in libstagefright with CENC offsets - MFSA 2016-44 (bsc#977381)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch slessp2-MozillaFirefox-12564=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch dbgsp2-MozillaFirefox-12564=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91250

File Name: suse_SU-2016-1342-1.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/19/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2805, CVE-2016-2807, CVE-2016-2808, CVE-2016-2814

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