openSUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2639-1
Rating: important
References: #1006475 #1006476
Cross-References: CVE-2016-5287 CVE-2016-5288
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.1
openSUSE 13.2
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

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

Patch Instructions:

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

– openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch 5723=1

– openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch 5723=1

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

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-49.0.2-36.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-49.0.2-36.1
MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-49.0.2-36.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-49.0.2-36.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource-49.0.2-36.1
MozillaFirefox-devel-49.0.2-36.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common-49.0.2-36.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other-49.0.2-36.1

– openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-49.0.2-84.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-49.0.2-84.1
MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-49.0.2-84.1
MozillaFirefox-devel-49.0.2-84.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common-49.0.2-84.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other-49.0.2-84.1

– openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-49.0.2-84.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource-49.0.2-84.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5287.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5288.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006475
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1006476

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