CVE-2016-9068

These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

This update for MozillaFirefox to 68.2.0 ESR fixes the following issues:

Mozilla Firefox was updated to version 68.2.0 ESR (bsc#1154738).

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2019-15903: Fixed a heap overflow in the expat library (bsc#1149429).
• CVE-2019-11757: Fixed a use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB (bsc#1154738).
• CVE-2019-11758: Fixed a potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security (bsc#1154738).
• CVE-2019-11759: Fixed a stack buffer overflow in HKDF output (bsc#1154738).
• CVE-2019-11760: Fixed a stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking (bsc#1154738).
• CVE-2019-11761: Fixed an unintended access to a privileged JSONView object (bsc#1154738).
• CVE-2019-11762: Fixed a same-origin-property violation (bsc#1154738).
• CVE-2019-11763: Fixed an XSS bypass (bsc#1154738).
• CVE-2019-11764: Fixed several memory safety bugs (bsc#1154738).

Non-security issues fixed:

• Firefox 60.7 ESR changed the user interface language (bsc#1137990).
• Wrong Firefox GUI Language (bsc#1120374).
• Fixed an inadvertent crash report transmission without user opt-in (bsc#1074235).
• Firefox hangs randomly when browsing and scrolling (bsc#1043008).
• Firefox stops loading page until mouse is moved (bsc#1025108).

Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Tyson Smith, Jon Coppeard, Jan-Ivar Bruaroey, Jesse Ruderman, Markus Stange, Olli Pettay, Ehsan Akhgari, Gary Kwong, Tooru Fujisawa, and Randell Jesup discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5289, CVE-2016-5290)

A same-origin policy bypass was discovered with local HTML files in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5291)

A crash was discovered when parsing URLs in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5292)

A heap buffer-overflow was discovered in Cairo when processing SVG content. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5296)

An error was discovered in argument length checking in Javascript. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5297)

An integer overflow was discovered in the Expat library. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2016-9063)

It was discovered that addon updates failed to verify that the addon ID inside the signed package matched the ID of the addon being updated. An attacker that could perform a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) attack could potentially exploit this to provide malicious addon updates. (CVE-2016-9064)

A buffer overflow was discovered in nsScriptLoadHandler. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9066)

2 use-after-free bugs were discovered during DOM operations in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9067, CVE-2016-9069)

A heap use-after-free was discovered during web animations in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9068)

It was discovered that a page loaded in to the sidebar through a bookmark could reference a privileged chrome window. An attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same origin restrictions. (CVE-2016-9070)

An issue was discovered with Content Security Policy (CSP) in combination with HTTP to HTTPS redirection. An attacker could potentially exploit this to verify whether a site is within the user's browsing history. (CVE-2016-9071)

An issue was discovered with the windows.create() WebExtensions API. If a user were tricked in to installing a malicious extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to escape the WebExtensions sandbox. (CVE-2016-9073)

It was discovered that WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API. An attacker could potentially exploit this to install additional extensions without user permission. (CVE-2016-9075)

It was discovered that <select> element dropdown menus can cover location bar content when e10s is enabled. An attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct UI spoofing attacks. (CVE-2016-9076)

It was discovered that canvas allows the use of the feDisplacementMap filter on cross-origin images. An attacker could potentially…