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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-12 High: Firefox Remote Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey August 15, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several flaws in Firefox expose systems to remote code execution threats. Updating is crucial to minimize security risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of 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 high severity gentoo remote execution multiple issues firefox

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-60.8.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-60.8.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-11707 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11707 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-11708 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11708 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-11709 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11709 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-11710 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11710 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-11711 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11711 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-11712 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11712 [ 7 ] CVE-2019-11713 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11713 [ 8 ] CVE-2019-11714 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11714 [ 9 ] CVE-2019-11715 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11715 [ 10 ] CVE-2019-11716 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11716 [ 11 ] CVE-2019-11717 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11717 [ 12 ] CVE-2019-11718 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11718 [ 13 ] CVE-2019-11719 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11...

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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/201908-12
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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: High
Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 15, 2019
Bugs: #688332, #690626
ID: 201908-12

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of 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 < 60.8.0 >= 60.8.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 60.8.0 >= 60.8.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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