openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (openSUSE-2016-2639)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94427

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 49.0.2 to fix two security issues a some bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

- CVE-2016-5287: Crash in nsTArray_base (bsc#1006475)

- CVE-2016-5288: Web content can read cache entries (bsc#1006476)

The following changes and fixes are included :

- Asynchronous rendering of the Flash plugins is now enabled by default

- Change D3D9 default fallback preference to prevent graphical artifacts

- Network issue prevents some users from seeing the Firefox UI on startup

- Web compatibility issue with file uploads

- Web compatibility issue with Array.prototype.values

- Diagnostic information on timing for tab switching

- Fix a Canvas filters graphics issue affecting HTML5 apps

Solution

Update the affected Mozilla Firefox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1304783

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1006475

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1006476

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94427

File Name: openSUSE-2016-2639.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2016

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5287, CVE-2016-5288