Gentoo: GLSA-201701-35: Mozilla SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla SeaMonkey. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Mozilla SeaMonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-2.46-r1"
All Mozilla SeaMonkey-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-bin-2.46"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-1521 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1521 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-1521 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1521 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-1522 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1522 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-1522 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1522 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-1523 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1523 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-1523 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1523 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-1526 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1526 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-1526 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1526 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-9079 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9079
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
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.
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Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla SeaMonkey, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Mozilla 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.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/seamonkey < 2.46-r1 >= 2.46-r1 2 www-client/seamonkey-bin < 2.46 >= 2.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages
Impact
===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or obtain sensitive information.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.