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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202107-09 ] Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2021 07:57:24
Message-Id: DD2BC72D-DCAA-4464-B69C-18E7599C9961@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202107-09
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 07, 2021
10 Bugs: #794082
11 ID: 202107-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, the worst
19 of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
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24 Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla
25 project.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-client/firefox < 89.0 >= 78.11.0:0/esr78
34 >= 89.0
35 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 89.0 >= 78.11.0:0/esr78
36 >= 89.0
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38 2 affected packages
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40 Description
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43 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox.
44 Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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46 Impact
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49 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
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59 All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-78.11.0"
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64 All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest
65 version:
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67 # emerge --sync
68 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-78.11.0"
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70 All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
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72 # emerge --sync
73 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-89.0"
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75 All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
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77 # emerge --sync
78 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-89.0"
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80 References
81 ==========
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83 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-29959
84 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29959
85 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-29960
86 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29960
87 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-29961
88 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29961
89 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-29966
90 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29966
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92 Availability
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95 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
96 the Gentoo Security Website:
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98 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-09
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100 Concerns?
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103 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
104 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
105 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
106 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
107 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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109 License
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112 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
113 belongs to its owner(s).
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115 The contents of this document are licensed under the
116 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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118 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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