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Gentoo: GLSA-201605-06 Normal: Update Mozilla Products for Remote Risks

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Software by Mozilla such as Firefox and Thunderbird are vulnerable to remote execution threats—ensure you update immediately in line with the Gentoo advisory.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Firefox, Thunderbird, Network Security Services (NSS), and NetScape Portable Runtime (NSPR) with the worst of which may allow remote exe...

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firefox, NSS, NSPR, and Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote execution mozilla firefox thunderbird nss

Resolution

All NSS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nss-3.22.2"
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-38.7.0"
All users of the Thunderbird binary package should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-38.7.0"
All Firefox 38.7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-38.7.0"
All users of the Firefox 38.7.x binary package should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-38.7.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-2708 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2708 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-2708 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2708 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-2709 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2709 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-2709 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2709 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-2710 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2710 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-2710 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2710 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-2711 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2711 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-2711 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2711 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-2712 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2712 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-2712 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2712 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-2713 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2713 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-2713 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2713 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-2714 http://...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
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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: Normal
Title: Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 31, 2016
Bugs: #549356, #557590, #559186, #561246, #563230, #564834,
ID: 201605-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo remote execution mozilla firefox thunderbird nss

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Firefox, Thunderbird, Network Security Services (NSS), and NetScape Portable Runtime (NSPR) with the worst of which may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird an open-source email client, and the Network Security Service (NSS) is a library implementing security features like SSL v.2/v.3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME and X.509 certificates. The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as 'Mozilla Application Suite'.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/nspr < 4.12 >= 4.12 2 dev-libs/nss < 3.22.2 >= 3.22.2 3 mail-client/thunderbird < 38.7.0 >= 38.7.0 4 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 38.7.0 >= 38.7.0 5 www-client/firefox < 38.7.0 >= 38.7.0 6 www-client/firefox-bin < 38.7.0 >= 38.7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 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, spoof the address bar, conduct clickjacking attacks, bypass security restrictions and protection mechanisms, or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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