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Gentoo: GLSA-202005-04 Moderate: Mozilla Firefox Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey May 12, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Discover multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox for Gentoo with recommended resolutions in GLSA 202005-04.
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 gentoo code execution multiple issues firefox normal severity execution threat

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.8.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-68.8.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-12387 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12387 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-12392 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12392 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-12394 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12394 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-12395 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12395 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-12396 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12396 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-6831 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6831 [ 7 ] MFSA-2020-17 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-04
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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: May 12, 2020
Bugs: #721090
ID: 202005-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution multiple issues firefox normal severity execution threat

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 < 68.8.0 >= 68.8.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 68.8.0 >= 68.8.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, an information leak or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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