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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202004-07 ] Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 11:06:48
Message-Id: 0251cb35-6b86-65e6-9803-58792730b6c1@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202004-07
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 04, 2020
10 Bugs: #716098
11 ID: 202004-07
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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 < 74.0.1 *>= 68.6.1
34 *>= 74.0.1
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox.
40 Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web
46 page, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
47 privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.6.1"
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62 All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
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64 # emerge --sync
65 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-74.0.1"
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67 References
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70 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-6819
71 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6819
72 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-6820
73 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6820
74 [ 3 ] MFSA-2020-11
75 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/
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77 Availability
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80 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
81 the Gentoo Security Website:
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83 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-07
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85 Concerns?
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88 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
89 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
90 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
91 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
92 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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94 License
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97 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
98 belongs to its owner(s).
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100 The contents of this document are licensed under the
101 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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103 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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