Fwd: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202004-07 ] Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202004-07 ] Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 13:04:33 +0200 From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> Reply-To: Gentoo Security <security@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Foundation, Inc To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202004-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: April 04, 2020 Bugs: #716098 ID: 202004-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code. Background ========== Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla Project. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 74.0.1 *>= 68.6.1 *>= 74.0.1 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact ====== A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.6.1" All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-74.0.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2020-6819 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6819 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-6820 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6820 [ 3 ] MFSA-2020-11 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/ Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-07 Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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