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Gentoo: GLSA-201705-06 Normal: Mozilla Firefox Critical Code Risks

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The Gentoo security announcement GLSA 201705-06 highlights significant vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox that could enable unauthorized code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code Gentoo Linux execution risk browser exploit Mozilla Firefox normal severity

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-45.8.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-45.8.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5398 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5398 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5400 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5400 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-5401 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5401 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-5402 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5402 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-5404 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5404 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-5405 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5405 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-5407 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5407 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-5408 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5408 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-5410 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5410

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-06
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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 Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 09, 2017
Bugs: #611976
ID: 201705-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code Gentoo Linux execution risk browser exploit Mozilla Firefox normal severity

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 45.8.0 >= 45.8.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 45.8.0 >= 45.8.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.