SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2021:0430-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146416

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues :

Firefox Extended Support Release 78.7.1 ESR (bsc#1181848)

Fixed: Prevent access to NTFS special paths that could lead to filesystem corruption.

Buffer overflow in depth pitch calculations for compressed textures

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 Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-430=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181848

http://www.nessus.org/u?f68da003

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146416

File Name: suse_SU-2021-0430-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/11/2021

Updated: 2/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozillafirefox-translations-other, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021