SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160909-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1
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Published
2016-03-30T10:06:02Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:54:47Z
Summary
Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss
Details

This update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss fixes the following issues:

Mozilla Firefox was updated to 38.7.0 ESR (bsc#969894), fixing following security issues:

  • MFSA 2016-16/CVE-2016-1952/CVE-2016-1953 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:45.0 / rv:38.7)
  • MFSA 2016-17/CVE-2016-1954 Local file overwriting and potential privilege escalation through CSP reports
  • MFSA 2016-20/CVE-2016-1957 Memory leak in libstagefright when deleting an array during MP4 processing
  • MFSA 2016-21/CVE-2016-1958 Displayed page address can be overridden
  • MFSA 2016-23/CVE-2016-1960 Use-after-free in HTML5 string parser
  • MFSA 2016-24/CVE-2016-1961 Use-after-free in SetBody
  • MFSA 2016-25/CVE-2016-1962 Use-after-free when using multiple WebRTC data channels
  • MFSA 2016-27/CVE-2016-1964 Use-after-free during XML transformations
  • MFSA 2016-28/CVE-2016-1965 Addressbar spoofing though history navigation and Location protocol property
  • MFSA 2016-31/CVE-2016-1966 Memory corruption with malicious NPAPI plugin
  • MFSA 2016-34/CVE-2016-1974 Out-of-bounds read in HTML parser following a failed allocation
  • MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 Buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS
  • MFSA 2016-37/CVE-2016-1977/CVE-2016-2790/CVE-2016-2791/ CVE-2016-2792/CVE-2016-2793/CVE-2016-2794/CVE-2016-2795/ CVE-2016-2796/CVE-2016-2797/CVE-2016-2798/CVE-2016-2799/ CVE-2016-2800/CVE-2016-2801/CVE-2016-2802 Font vulnerabilities in the Graphite 2 library

Mozilla NSPR was updated to version 4.12 (bsc#969894), fixing following bugs:

  • added a PR_GetEnvSecure function, which attempts to detect if the program is being executed with elevated privileges, and returns NULL if detected. It is recommended to use this function in general purpose library code.
  • fixed a memory allocation bug related to the PR_*printf functions
  • exported API PR_DuplicateEnvironment, which had already been added in NSPR 4.10.9
  • added support for FreeBSD aarch64
  • several minor correctness and compatibility fixes

Mozilla NSS was updated to fix security issues (bsc#969894):

  • MFSA 2016-15/CVE-2016-1978 Use-after-free in NSS during SSL connections in low memory
  • MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 Buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS
  • MFSA 2016-36/CVE-2016-1979 Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
MozillaFirefox

Package

Name
MozillaFirefox
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
38.7.0esr-36.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "MozillaFirefox": "38.7.0esr-36.3",
            "MozillaFirefox-translations": "38.7.0esr-36.3",
            "libfreebl3": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "libfreebl3-32bit": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nspr": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nspr-32bit": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nspr-devel": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nss": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-32bit": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-devel": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-tools": "3.20.2-20.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1.json"
mozilla-nspr

Package

Name
mozilla-nspr
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.12-19.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "MozillaFirefox": "38.7.0esr-36.3",
            "MozillaFirefox-translations": "38.7.0esr-36.3",
            "libfreebl3": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "libfreebl3-32bit": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nspr": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nspr-32bit": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nspr-devel": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nss": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-32bit": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-devel": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-tools": "3.20.2-20.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1.json"
mozilla-nss

Package

Name
mozilla-nss
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.20.2-20.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "MozillaFirefox": "38.7.0esr-36.3",
            "MozillaFirefox-translations": "38.7.0esr-36.3",
            "libfreebl3": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "libfreebl3-32bit": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nspr": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nspr-32bit": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nspr-devel": "4.12-19.1",
            "mozilla-nss": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-32bit": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-devel": "3.20.2-20.1",
            "mozilla-nss-tools": "3.20.2-20.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1.json"