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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple |
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vulnerabilities |
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Date: August 27, 2020 |
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Bugs: #739006, #739164 |
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ID: 202008-16 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla |
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Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution |
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of code. |
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Background |
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Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla |
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Project. |
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Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the |
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Mozilla project. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-client/firefox < 68.12.0 >= 68.12.0 |
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2 www-client/firefox-bin < 68.12.0 >= 68.12.0 |
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3 mail-client/thunderbird < 68.12.0 >= 68.12.0 |
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4 mail-client/thunderbird-bin |
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< 68.12.0 >= 68.12.0 |
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4 affected packages |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and |
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Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below |
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for details. |
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Impact |
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.12.0" |
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All Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-68.12.0" |
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All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-68.12.0" |
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All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-68.12.0" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15664 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15664 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2020-15669 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15669 |
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[ 3 ] Upstream advisory (MFSA-2020-37) |
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/ |
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[ 4 ] Upstream advisory (MFSA-2020-38) |
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/ |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-16 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |