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Gentoo: GLSA-201903-04 Normal: Mozilla Firefox Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2019
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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 denial of service gentoo arbitrary code execution mozilla firefox normal severity

Resolution

All Mozilla FireFox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-60.5.1"
All Mozilla FireFox bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-60.5.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-12405 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12405 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-18356 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18356 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-18492 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18492 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-18493 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18493 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-18494 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18494 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-18498 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18498 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-18500 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18500 [ 8 ] CVE-2018-18501 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18501 [ 9 ] CVE-2018-18505 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18505 [ 10 ] CVE-2019-5785 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5785

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04
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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: March 10, 2019
Bugs: #672956, #676892, #677856
ID: 201903-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo arbitrary code execution 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 < 60.5.1 >= 60.5.1 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 60.5.1 >= 60.5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.