Gentoo: GLSA-201702-22: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-45.7.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-45.7.0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5373 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5373 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5375 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5375 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-5376 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5376 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-5378 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5378 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-5380 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5380 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-5383 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5383 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-5386 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5386 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-5390 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5390 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-5396 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5396 [ 10 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-02 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22
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 Firefox, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla Project.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 45.7.0 >= 45.7.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 45.7.0 >= 45.7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages
Impact
===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, bypass access restriction, access otherwise protected information, or spoof content via multiple vectors.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.