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HistoryMar 12, 2016 - 12:12 a.m.

Security update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss (important)

2016-03-1200:12:33
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0.963 High

EPSS

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99.5%

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

MozillaFirefox was updated to Firefox 45.0 (boo#969894)

  • requires NSPR 4.12 / NSS 3.21.1
  • Instant browser tab sharing through Hello
  • Synced Tabs button in button bar
  • Tabs synced via Firefox Accounts from other devices are now shown in
    dropdown area of Awesome Bar when searching
  • Introduce a new preference (network.dns.blockDotOnion) to allow blocking
    .onion at the DNS level
  • Tab Groups (Panorama) feature removed
  • MFSA 2016-16/CVE-2016-1952/CVE-2016-1953 Miscellaneous memory safety
    hazards
  • MFSA 2016-17/CVE-2016-1954 (bmo#1243178) Local file overwriting and
    potential privilege escalation through CSP reports
  • MFSA 2016-18/CVE-2016-1955 (bmo#1208946) CSP reports fail to strip
    location information for embedded iframe pages
  • MFSA 2016-19/CVE-2016-1956 (bmo#1199923) Linux video memory DOS with
    Intel drivers
  • MFSA 2016-20/CVE-2016-1957 (bmo#1227052) Memory leak in libstagefright
    when deleting an array during MP4 processing
  • MFSA 2016-21/CVE-2016-1958 (bmo#1228754) Displayed page address can be
    overridden
  • MFSA 2016-22/CVE-2016-1959 (bmo#1234949) Service Worker Manager
    out-of-bounds read in Service Worker Manager
  • MFSA 2016-23/CVE-2016-1960/ZDI-CAN-3545 (bmo#1246014) Use-after-free in
    HTML5 string parser
  • MFSA 2016-24/CVE-2016-1961/ZDI-CAN-3574 (bmo#1249377) Use-after-free in
    SetBody
  • MFSA 2016-25/CVE-2016-1962 (bmo#1240760) Use-after-free when using
    multiple WebRTC data channels
  • MFSA 2016-26/CVE-2016-1963 (bmo#1238440) Memory corruption when
    modifying a file being read by FileReader
  • MFSA 2016-27/CVE-2016-1964 (bmo#1243335) Use-after-free during XML
    transformations
  • MFSA 2016-28/CVE-2016-1965 (bmo#1245264) Addressbar spoofing though
    history navigation and Location protocol property
  • MFSA 2016-29/CVE-2016-1967 (bmo#1246956) Same-origin policy violation
    using perfomance.getEntries and history navigation with session restore
  • MFSA 2016-30/CVE-2016-1968 (bmo#1246742) Buffer overflow in Brotli
    decompression
  • MFSA 2016-31/CVE-2016-1966 (bmo#1246054) Memory corruption with
    malicious NPAPI plugin
    • MFSA 2016-32/CVE-2016-1970/CVE-2016-1971/CVE-2016-1975/
      CVE-2016-1976/CVE-2016-1972 WebRTC and LibVPX vulnerabilities found
      through code inspection
  • MFSA 2016-33/CVE-2016-1973 (bmo#1219339) Use-after-free in
    GetStaticInstance in WebRTC
  • MFSA 2016-34/CVE-2016-1974 (bmo#1228103) Out-of-bounds read in HTML
    parser following a failed allocation
  • MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 (bmo#1245528) Buffer overflow during ASN.1
    decoding in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1)
  • MFSA 2016-36/CVE-2016-1979 (bmo#1185033) Use-after-free during
    processing of DER encoded keys in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1)
  • 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

  • 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 NSS 3.21.1 (bmo#969894)

  • required for Firefox 45.0
  • MFSA 2016-35/CVE-2016-1950 (bmo#1245528) Buffer overflow during ASN.1
    decoding in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1)
  • MFSA 2016-36/CVE-2016-1979 (bmo#1185033) Use-after-free during
    processing of DER encoded keys in NSS (fixed by requiring 3.21.1)