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Gentoo: GLSA-202006-07 Normal: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Problems

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Calendar Grey June 12, 2020
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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

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Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.9.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-68.9.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-12405 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12405 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-12406 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12406 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-12407 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12407 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-12408 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12408 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-12409 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12409 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-12410 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12410 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-12411 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12411

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-07
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 13, 2020
Bugs: #726844
ID: 202006-07

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update multiple issues firefox arbitrary execution normal severity

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 < 68.9.0 >= 68.9.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 68.9.0 >= 68.9.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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