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Gentoo: GLSA-201904-07 Important: Code Execution in Thunderbird and Firefox

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Calendar Grey April 2, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox. Please review the referenced Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories and CVE identifiers below for details.

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Resolution

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-60.6.1"
All Thunderbird bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-60.6.1"
All Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-60.6.1"
All Firefox bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-60.6.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-5824 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5824 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-18335 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18335 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-18356 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18356 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-18500 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18500 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-18501 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18501 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-18505 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18505 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-18506 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18506 [ 8 ] CVE-2018-18509 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18509 [ 9 ] CVE-2018-18512 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18512 [ 10 ] CVE-2018-18513 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18513 [ 11 ] CVE-2019-5785 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5785 [ 12 ] CVE-2019-9788 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9788 [ 13 ] CVE-2019-9790 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9790 [ 14...

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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/201904-07
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 02, 2019
Bugs: #676954, #678072, #681834, #681836
ID: 201904-07

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Synopsis

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

Background

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the Mozilla project. Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla Project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/thunderbird < 60.6.1 >= 60.6.1 2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 60.6.1 >= 60.6.1 3 www-client/firefox < 60.6.1 >= 60.6.1 4 www-client/firefox-bin < 60.6.1 >= 60.6.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 affected packages

Impact

===== Please review the referenced Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories and CVE identifiers below for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.