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| From: | Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202012-20 ] Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:34:59 |
| Message-Id: | 6957f7e3-4cba-31b5-6d92-67f1931e7162@gentoo.org |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202012-20 |
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| 4 | https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Severity: Normal |
| 8 | Title: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple |
| 9 | vulnerabilities |
| 10 | Date: December 23, 2020 |
| 11 | Bugs: #759097 |
| 12 | ID: 202012-20 |
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| 15 | |
| 16 | Synopsis |
| 17 | ======== |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla |
| 20 | Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution |
| 21 | of code. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | Background |
| 24 | ========== |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla |
| 27 | project. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the |
| 30 | Mozilla project. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | Affected packages |
| 33 | ================= |
| 34 | |
| 35 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 36 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 37 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 38 | 1 www-client/firefox < 84.0 >= 78.6.0:0/esr78 |
| 39 | >= 84.0 |
| 40 | 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 84.0 >= 78.6.0:0/esr78 |
| 41 | >= 84.0 |
| 42 | 3 mail-client/thunderbird < 78.6.0 >= 78.6.0 |
| 43 | 4 mail-client/thunderbird-bin |
| 44 | < 78.6.0 >= 78.6.0 |
| 45 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 46 | 4 affected packages |
| 47 | |
| 48 | Description |
| 49 | =========== |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and |
| 52 | Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below |
| 53 | for details. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Impact |
| 56 | ====== |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Workaround |
| 61 | ========== |
| 62 | |
| 63 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Resolution |
| 66 | ========== |
| 67 | |
| 68 | All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 69 | |
| 70 | # emerge --sync |
| 71 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-84.0" |
| 72 | |
| 73 | All Mozilla Firefox (bin) users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 74 | |
| 75 | # emerge --sync |
| 76 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-84.0" |
| 77 | |
| 78 | All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 79 | |
| 80 | # emerge --sync |
| 81 | # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/firefox-78.6.0:0/esr78" |
| 82 | |
| 83 | All Mozilla Firefox ESR (bin) users should upgrade to the latest |
| 84 | version: |
| 85 | |
| 86 | # emerge --sync |
| 87 | # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=www-client/firefox-bin-78.6.0:0/esr78" |
| 88 | |
| 89 | All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 90 | |
| 91 | # emerge --sync |
| 92 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-78.6.0" |
| 93 | |
| 94 | All Mozilla Thunderbird (bin) users should upgrade to the latest |
| 95 | version: |
| 96 | |
| 97 | # emerge --sync |
| 98 | # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-78.6.0" |
| 99 | |
| 100 | References |
| 101 | ========== |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [ 1 ] CVE-2020-16042 |
| 104 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16042 |
| 105 | [ 2 ] CVE-2020-26971 |
| 106 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26971 |
| 107 | [ 3 ] CVE-2020-26973 |
| 108 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26973 |
| 109 | [ 4 ] CVE-2020-26974 |
| 110 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26974 |
| 111 | [ 5 ] CVE-2020-26978 |
| 112 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26978 |
| 113 | [ 6 ] CVE-2020-35111 |
| 114 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35111 |
| 115 | [ 7 ] CVE-2020-35113 |
| 116 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35113 |
| 117 | [ 8 ] MFSA-2020-55 |
| 118 | https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/ |
| 119 | [ 9 ] MFSA-2020-56 |
| 120 | https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-56/ |
| 121 | |
| 122 | Availability |
| 123 | ============ |
| 124 | |
| 125 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 126 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 127 | |
| 128 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-20 |
| 129 | |
| 130 | Concerns? |
| 131 | ========= |
| 132 | |
| 133 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 134 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 135 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 136 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 137 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 138 | |
| 139 | License |
| 140 | ======= |
| 141 | |
| 142 | Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 143 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 144 | |
| 145 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 146 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 147 | |
| 148 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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