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Gentoo: GLSA 201701-15 Normal: Mozilla Firefox Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 3, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws detected in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey could permit remote code execution or result in denial-of-service (DoS) conditions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiersreferenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution SeaMonkey Thunderbird Mozilla Firefox normal severity

Resolution

All Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-45.6.0"
All Firefox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-45.6.0"
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-45.6.0"
All Thunderbird-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-45.6.0"
All SeaMonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-2.38"
All SeaMonkey-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-bin-2.38"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8634 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8634 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-8635 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8635 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-8636 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8636 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-8637 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8637 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-8638 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8638 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-8639 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8639 [ 7 ] CVE-2014-8640 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8640 [ 8 ] CVE-2014-8641 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8641 [ 9 ] CVE-2014-8642 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8642 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-0819 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0819 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-0820 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0820 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-0821 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0821 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-0822 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/201701-15
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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 Firefox, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird: Multiple
Date: January 03, 2017
Bugs: #539242, #541506, #581326, #590330, #594616, #599924,
ID: 201701-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution SeaMonkey Thunderbird Mozilla Firefox normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Mozilla Firefox is a cross-platform web browser from Mozilla. The Mozilla Thunderbird mail client is a redesign of the Mozilla Mail component. The goal is to produce a cross-platform stand-alone mail application using XUL (XML User Interface Language). SeaMonkey is a free and open-source Internet suite. It is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 45.6.0 >= 45.6.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 45.6.0 >= 45.6.0 3 mail-client/thunderbird < 45.6.0 >= 45.6.0 4 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 45.6.0 >= 45.6.0 5 www-client/seamonkey < 2.38 >= 2.38 6 www-client/seamonkey-bin < 2.38 >= 2.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition via multiple vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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