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Gentoo GLSA-202202-03 High: Firefox Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey February 21, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Firefox browser contains significant vulnerabilities that might enable unauthorized code execution. Update now to protect your device.
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 update gentoo code execution firefox multiple vulnerabilities

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-91.6.0:esr"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-91.6.0:esr"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-97.0:rapid"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-97.0:rapid"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-29970 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29970 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-29972 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29972 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-29974 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29974 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-29975 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29975 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-29976 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29976 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-29977 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29977 [ 7 ] CVE-2021-29980 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29980 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-29981 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29981 [ 9 ] CVE-2021-29982 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29982 [ 10 ] CVE-2021-29984 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29984 [ 11 ] CVE-2021-29985 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29985 [ 12 ] CVE-2021-29986 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29986 [ 13 ] CVE-2021-29987 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29987 [ 14 ] CVE-2021-29...

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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/202202-03
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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: February 21, 2022
Bugs: #802768, #807947, #813498, #821385, #828538, #831039, #832992
ID: 202202-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity update gentoo code execution firefox multiple vulnerabilities

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 < 91.6.0 >= 91.6.0:esr >= 97.0:rapid 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 91.6.0 >= 91.6.0:esr >= 97.0:rapid

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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