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[SUSE-SU-2020:2749-1] Security update for MozillaFirefox

Severity Important
CVEs 7
Info References Vulnerabilities

Security update for MozillaFirefox

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

  • Firefox was updated to 78.3.0 ESR (bsc#1176756, MFSA 2020-43)
    • CVE-2020-15677: Download origin spoofing via redirect
    • CVE-2020-15676: Fixed an XSS when pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element
    • CVE-2020-15678: When recursing through layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free scenario
    • CVE-2020-15673: Fixed memory safety bugs
  • Enhance fix for wayland-detection (bsc#1174420)

  • Attempt to fix langpack-parallelization by introducing separate
    obj-dirs for each lang (bsc#1173986, bsc#1167976)

  • Firefox was updated to 78.2.0 ESR (bsc#1175686, MFSA 2020-38)

    • CVE-2020-15663: Downgrade attack on the Mozilla Maintenance Service could have resulted in escalation of privilege
    • CVE-2020-15664: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation
    • CVE-2020-15670: Fixed memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 80 and Firefox ESR 78.2

  • Fixed Firefox tab crash in FIPS mode (bsc#1174284).

  • Fixed broken translation-loading (bsc#1173991)

    • allow addon sideloading
    • mark signatures for langpacks non-mandatory
    • do not autodisable user profile scopes

  • Google API key is not usable for geolocation service any more

ID
SUSE-SU-2020:2749-1
Severity
important
URL
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20202749-1/
Published
2020-09-25T09:10:38
(4 years ago)
Modified
2020-09-25T09:10:38
(4 years ago)
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