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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-02 Normal: Mozilla Firefox Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Multiple security flaws identified in Mozilla Firefox as detailed in Gentoo's GLSA 202003-02 advisory, posing a potential risk of 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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security advisory gentoo arbitrary code execution web browser Mozilla Firefox normal severity

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.6.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-68.6.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-11745 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11745 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-17005 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17005 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-17008 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17008 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-17010 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17010 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-17011 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17011 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-17012 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17012 [ 7 ] CVE-2019-17016 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17016 [ 8 ] CVE-2019-17017 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17017 [ 9 ] CVE-2019-17022 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17022 [ 10 ] CVE-2019-17024 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17024 [ 11 ] CVE-2019-17026 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17026 [ 12 ] CVE-2019-20503 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20503 [ 13 ] CVE-2020-6796 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-679...

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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/202003-02
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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 12, 2020
Bugs: #702638, #705000, #709346, #712182
ID: 202003-02

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Topics Covered

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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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 68.6.0 >= 68.6.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 68.6.0 >= 68.6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information, spoof the address bar, conduct clickjacking attacks, bypass security restrictions and protection mechanisms, or have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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