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Gentoo: 201301-01 High Severity: Mozilla Multiple Code Risks

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Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla products on Gentoo Linux require prompt action for security. Upgrade to latest versions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code or local pr...

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution Mozilla arbitrary code risks

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-10.0.11"
All users of the Mozilla Firefox binary package should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-10.0.11"
All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.11"
All users of the Mozilla Thunderbird binary package should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-10.0.11"
All Mozilla SeaMonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-2.14-r1"
All users of the Mozilla SeaMonkey binary package should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-bin-2.14"
All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.14"
The "www-client/mozilla-firefox" package has been merged into the "www-client/firefox" package. To upgrade, please unmerge "www-client/mozilla-firefox" and then emerge the latest "www-client/firefox" package:
# emerge --sync # emerge --unmerge "www-client/mozilla-firefox" # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-10.0.11"
The "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin" package has been merged into the "www-client/firefox-bin" package. To upgrade, please unmerge "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin" and then emerge the latest "www-client/firefox-bin" package:
# emerge --sync # emerge --unmerge "www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin" # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-10.0.11"
The "mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird" package has been merged into the "mail-client/thunderbird" package. To upgrade, please unmerge "mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird" and then emerge the latest "mail-client/thunderbird" package:
# emerge --sync # emerge --unmerge "mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird" # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-10.0.11"
The "mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin" package has been merged into the "mail-client/thunderbird-bin" package. To upgrade, please unmerge "mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin" and then emerge the latest "mail-client/thunderbird-bin" package:
# emerge --sync # emerge --unmerge "mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin" # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-10.0.11"
Gentoo discontinued support for GNU IceCat. We recommend that usersunmerge GNU IceCat:
# emerge --unmerge "www-client/icecat"
Gentoo discontinued support for XULRunner. We recommend that usersunmerge XULRunner:
# emerge --unmerge "net-libs/xulrunner"
Gentoo discontinued support for the XULRunner binary package. We recommend that users unmerge XULRunner:
# emerge --unmerge "net-libs/xulrunner-bin"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3101 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3101 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-2436 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-2436 [ 3 ] CVE-2007-2437 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-2437 [ 4 ] CVE-2007-2671 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-2671 [ 5 ] CVE-2007-3073 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-3073 [ 6 ] CVE-2008-0016 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0016 [ 7 ] CVE-2008-0017 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0017 [ 8 ] CVE-2008-0367 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0367 [ 9 ] CVE-2008-3835 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3835 [ 10 ] CVE-2008-3836 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3836 [ 11 ] CVE-2008-3837 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3837 [ 12 ] CVE-2008-4058 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4058 [ 13 ] CVE-2008-4059 http://...
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Availability

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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.

Severity: High
Title: Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 08, 2013
Bugs: #180159, #181361, #207261, #238535, #246602, #251322,
ID: 201301-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity code execution Mozilla arbitrary code risks

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code or local privilege escalation.

Background

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird an open-source email client, both from the Mozilla Project. The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as the 'Mozilla Application Suite'. XULRunner is a Mozilla runtime package that can be used to bootstrap XUL+XPCOM applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird. NSS is Mozilla's Network Security Services library that implements PKI support. IceCat is the GNU version of Firefox.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 10.0.11 >= 10.0.11 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 10.0.11 >= 10.0.11 3 mail-client/thunderbird < 10.0.11 >= 10.0.11 4 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 10.0.11 >= 10.0.11 5 www-client/seamonkey < 2.14-r1 >= 2.14-r1 6 www-client/seamonkey-bin < 2.14 >= 2.14 7 dev-libs/nss < 3.14 >= 3.14 8 www-client/mozilla-firefox <= 3.6.8 Vulnerable! 9 www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin <= 3.5.6 Vulnerable! 10 mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird <= 3.0.4-r1 Vulnerable! 11 mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin <= 3.0 Vulnerable! 12 www-client/icecat <= 10.0-r1 Vulnerable! 13 net-libs/xulrunner <= 2.0-r1 Vulnerable! 14 net-libs/xulrunner-bin <= 1.8.1.19 Vulnerable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate to another package if one is available or wait for the existing packages to be marked stable by their architecture maintainers. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information, bypass restrictions and protection mechanisms, force file downloads, conduct XML injection attacks, conduct XSS attacks, bypass the Same Origin Policy, spoof URL's for phishing attacks, trigger a vertical scroll, spoof the location bar, spoof an SSL indicator, modify the browser's font, conduct clickjacking attacks, or have other unspecified impact. A local attacker could gain escalated privileges, obtain sensitive information, or replace an arbitrary downloaded file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.