openSUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaFirefox
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0063-1
Rating: important
References: #1180623
Cross-References: CVE-2020-16044
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

– Firefox Extended Support Release 78.6.1 ESR
* Fixed: Critical security issue MFSA 2021-01 (bsc#1180623)
* CVE-2020-16044 Use-after-free write when handling a malicious
COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE 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:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-63=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1
MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1
MozillaFirefox-devel-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other-78.6.1-lp151.2.85.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16044.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180623