PROBLEM:
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox
PLATFORM:
openSUSE 12.2
openSUSE 12.1
openSUSE 11.4
ABSTRACT:
An update that fixes 25 vulnerabilities is now available.
REFERENCE LINKS:
openSUSE-SU-2012:1345-1
Secunia Advisory SA50984
Bug 783533
CVE-2012-3982
CVE-2012-3983
CVE-2012-3984
CVE-2012-3985
CVE-2012-3986
CVE-2012-3988
CVE-2012-3989
CVE-2012-3990
CVE-2012-3991
CVE-2012-3992
CVE-2012-3993
CVE-2012-3994
CVE-2012-3995
CVE-2012-4179
CVE-2012-4180
CVE-2012-4182
CVE-2012-4183
CVE-2012-4184
CVE-2012-4185
CVE-2012-4186
CVE-2012-4187
CVE-2012-4188
CVE-2012-4191
CVE-2012-4192
CVE-2012-4193
IMPACT ASSESSMENT:
High
DISCUSSION:
SUSE has issue an update for MozillaFirefox. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities
* MFSA 2012-88/CVE-2012-4191 (bmo#798045) Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* MFSA 2012-89/CVE-2012-4192/CVE-2012-4193 (bmo#799952, bmo#720619) defaultValue security checks not applied
* MFSA 2012-74/CVE-2012-3982/CVE-2012-3983 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards
* MFSA 2012-75/CVE-2012-3984 (bmo#575294) select element persistance allows for attacks
* MFSA 2012-76/CVE-2012-3985 (bmo#655649) Continued access to initial origin after setting document.domain
* MFSA 2012-77/CVE-2012-3986 (bmo#775868) Some DOMWindowUtils methods bypass security checks
* MFSA 2012-79/CVE-2012-3988 (bmo#725770) DOS and crash with full screen and history navigation
* MFSA 2012-80/CVE-2012-3989 (bmo#783867) Crash with invalid cast when using instanceof operator
* MFSA 2012-81/CVE-2012-3991 (bmo#783260) GetProperty function can bypass security checks
* MFSA 2012-82/CVE-2012-3994 (bmo#765527) top object and location property accessible by plugins
* MFSA 2012-83/CVE-2012-3993/CVE-2012-4184 (bmo#768101, bmo#780370) Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) does not disallow acces to privileged functions or properties
* MFSA 2012-84/CVE-2012-3992 (bmo#775009) Spoofing and script injection through location.hash
* MFSA 2012-85/CVE-2012-3995/CVE-2012-4179/CVE-2012-4180/ CVE-2012-4181/CVE-2012-4182/CVE-2012-4183 Use-after-free, buffer overflow, and out of bounds read issues found using Address Sanitizer
* MFSA 2012-86/CVE-2012-4185/CVE-2012-4186/CVE-2012-4187/ CVE-2012-4188 Heap memory corruption issues found using Address Sanitizer
* MFSA 2012-87/CVE-2012-3990 (bmo#787704)
IMPACT:
This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, and compromise a user's system.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.