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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE / mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2016:1799-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93182

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Synopsis

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

Description

MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE and mozilla-nss were updated to fix nine security issues. Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 45.2.0 ESR. mozilla-nss was updated to version 3.21.1. These security issues were fixed :

 - CVE-2016-2834: Memory safety bugs in NSS (MFSA 2016-61) (bsc#983639).

 - CVE-2016-2824: Out-of-bounds write with WebGL shader (MFSA 2016-53) (bsc#983651).

 - CVE-2016-2822: Addressbar spoofing though the SELECT element (MFSA 2016-52) (bsc#983652).

 - CVE-2016-2821: Use-after-free deleting tables from a contenteditable document (MFSA 2016-51) (bsc#983653).

 - CVE-2016-2819: Buffer overflow parsing HTML5 fragments (MFSA 2016-50) (bsc#983655).

 - CVE-2016-2828: Use-after-free when textures are used in WebGL operations after recycle pool destruction (MFSA 2016-56) (bsc#983646).

 - CVE-2016-2831: Entering fullscreen and persistent pointerlock without user permission (MFSA 2016-58) (bsc#983643).

 - CVE-2016-2815, CVE-2016-2818: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2016-49) (bsc#983638)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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 OpenStack Cloud 5:zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1:zypper in -t patch slemap21-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

SUSE Manager 2.1:zypper in -t patch sleman21-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-MozillaFirefox-12649=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983549

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983638

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983639

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983643

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983646

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983651

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983652

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983653

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983655

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984006

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=985659

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2815/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2818/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2819/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2821/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2822/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2824/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2828/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2831/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2834/

http://www.nessus.org/u?7ca01265

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93182

File Name: suse_SU-2016-1799-1.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-branding-sled, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreebl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nspr, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:firefox-fontconfig, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoftokn3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozilla-nss, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2815, CVE-2016-2818, CVE-2016-2819, CVE-2016-2821, CVE-2016-2822, CVE-2016-2824, CVE-2016-2828, CVE-2016-2831, CVE-2016-2834