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Gentoo: GLSA-202010-02 Normal: Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird Code Exec

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Calendar Grey October 17, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo has released patches to address several security flaws in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, which may allow for arbitrary code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution mozilla firefox thunderbird normal

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-81.0"
All Mozilla Firefox (bin) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-81.0"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR (bin) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-78.3.0"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR (bin) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-78.3.0"
All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-78.3.1"
All Mozilla Thunderbird (bin) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-78.3.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15673 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15673 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-15676 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15676 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-15677 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15677 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-15678 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15678 [ 5 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-43 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-43/ [ 6 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-44 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-44/

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-02
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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, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple
Date: October 17, 2020
Bugs: #744208, #745432
ID: 202010-02

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, 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. Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the Mozilla project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 81.0 >= 78.3.0:0/esr78 >= 81.0 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 81.0 >= 78.3.0:0/esr78 >= 81.0 3 mail-client/thunderbird < 78.3.1 >= 78.3.1 4 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 78.3.1 >= 78.3.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 affected packages

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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