SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1)

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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 130450

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for MozillaFirefox to 68.2.0 ESR fixes the following issues :

Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 68.2.0 ESR (bsc#1154738).

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-15903: Fixed a heap overflow in the expat library (bsc#1149429).

CVE-2019-11757: Fixed a use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB (bsc#1154738).

CVE-2019-11758: Fixed a potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security (bsc#1154738).

CVE-2019-11759: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in HKDF output (bsc#1154738).

CVE-2019-11760: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in WebRTC networking (bsc#1154738).

CVE-2019-11761: Fixed an unintended access to a privileged JSONView object (bsc#1154738).

CVE-2019-11762: Fixed a same-origin-property violation (bsc#1154738).

CVE-2019-11763: Fixed an XSS bypass (bsc#1154738).

CVE-2019-11764: Fixed several memory safety bugs (bsc#1154738).

Non-security issues fixed: Firefox 60.7 ESR changed the user interface language (bsc#1137990).

Wrong Firefox GUI Language (bsc#1120374).

Fixed an inadvertent crash report transmission without user opt-in (bsc#1074235).

Firefox hangs randomly when browsing and scrolling (bsc#1043008).

Firefox stops loading page until mouse is moved (bsc#1025108).

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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-2872=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-2872=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-2872=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2872=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2019-2872=1

HPE Helion Openstack 8:zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2019-2872=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 130450

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2872-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/1/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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: 10/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15903, CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154, CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5157, CVE-2018-5158, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5174, CVE-2018-5178, CVE-2018-5183, CVE-2016-2830, CVE-2016-9063, CVE-2018-5179, CVE-2016-5289, CVE-2016-5292, CVE-2016-9067, CVE-2016-9068, CVE-2016-9069, CVE-2016-9071, CVE-2016-9073, CVE-2016-9075, CVE-2016-9076, CVE-2016-9077, CVE-2017-7789, CVE-2018-5151, CVE-2018-5152, CVE-2018-5153, CVE-2018-5160, CVE-2018-5163, CVE-2018-5164, CVE-2018-5166, CVE-2018-5167, CVE-2018-5169, CVE-2018-5172, CVE-2018-5173, CVE-2018-5175, CVE-2018-5176, CVE-2018-5177, CVE-2018-5180, CVE-2018-5181, CVE-2018-5182, CVE-2018-5165, CVE-2019-11757, CVE-2019-11758, CVE-2019-11759, CVE-2019-11760, CVE-2019-11761, CVE-2019-11762, CVE-2019-11763, CVE-2019-11764