SUSE-SU-2012:0261-1: critical: Security update for Mozilla Firefox

[sle-security-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for Mozilla Firefox
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:0261-1
Rating:             critical
References:         #744625 #744629 #746616 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-0452
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
   is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:


   MozillaFirefox was updated to 10.0.1 to fix critical bugs
   and security  issue.

   The following security issue has been fixed:

   CVE-2012-0452: Mozilla developers Andrew McCreight and Olli
   Pettay found  that ReadPrototypeBindings will leave a XBL
   binding in a hash table even  when the function fails. If
   this occurs, when the cycle collector reads  this hash
   table and attempts to do a virtual method on this binding a
   crash  will occur. This crash may be potentially
   exploitable.

   Firefox 9 and earlier are not affected by this
   vulnerability.

   https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-10.h
   tml
   <https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-10.
   html>

   Security Issues:

   * CVE-2012-0452
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0452
   >


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-5807

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1fsp2-MozillaFirefox-5807

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-MozillaFirefox-5807

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1fsp2-MozillaFirefox-5807

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-MozillaFirefox-5807

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]:

      MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]:

      MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]:

      MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 FOR SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]:

      MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1
      mhtml-firefox-0.5-1.47.47.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 10.0.1]:

      MozillaFirefox-10.0.1-0.4.1
      MozillaFirefox-translations-10.0.1-0.4.1
      mhtml-firefox-0.5-1.47.47.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0452.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/744625
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/744629
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/746616
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=0727d8a4f41b1fef19dc1e8e92fae922