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SUSE: CVE-2017-5455: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-5455: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/26/2017
Modified
12/19/2019

Description

The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-firefox-gcc5
  • suse-upgrade-firefox-libffi-gcc5
  • suse-upgrade-firefox-libffi4
  • suse-upgrade-firefox-libstdc-6
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-x86
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-tools
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-x86
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-sle
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-sled
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:1669-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1
  • CVE-2017-5455
  • USN-3260-1
  • USN-3260-2

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