A MozillaFirefox security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:1391-1: moderate: Security update for MozillaFirefox

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaFirefox
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1391-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1173991 #1174284 #1175686
Cross-References: CVE-2020-15663 CVE-2020-15664 CVE-2020-15670

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues:

- Firefox Extended Support Release 78.2.0 ESR
* Fixed: Various stability, functionality, and security fixes
- Mozilla Firefox ESR 78.2 MFSA 2020-38 (bsc#1175686)
* CVE-2020-15663 (bmo#1643199) Downgrade attack on the Mozilla
Maintenance Service could have resulted in escalation of privilege
* CVE-2020-15664 (bmo#1658214) Attacker-induced prompt for extension
installation
* CVE-2020-15670 (bmo#1651001, bmo#1651449, bmo#1653626, bmo#1656957)
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 80 and Firefox ESR 78.2

- Fixed Firefox tab crash in FIPS mode (bsc#1174284).

- Fix broken translation-loading (bsc#1173991)
* allow addon sideloading
* mark signatures for langpacks non-mandatory
* do not autodisable user profile scopes
- Google API key is not usable for geolocation service any more

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1391=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

MozillaFirefox-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1
MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1
MozillaFirefox-devel-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other-78.2.0-lp152.2.18.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15663.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15664.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15670.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173991
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174284
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175686