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Gentoo: GLSA-202209-28 Critical Severity: Microsoft Edge Remote Exploit

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An urgent notice regarding several security flaws in Mozilla Firefox affecting Gentoo users that necessitate prompt upgrades.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

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 security issue gentoo software update code execution mozilla firefox

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-102.3.0"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-102.3.0"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-105.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-105.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-40956 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40956 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-40957 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40957 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-40958 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40958 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-40959 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40959 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-40960 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40960 [ 6 ] CVE-2022-40962 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40962

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-27
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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.

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Severity: High
Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 29, 2022
Bugs: #872059
ID: 202209-27

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo software update code execution mozilla firefox

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

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 < 102.3.0:esr >= 102.3.0:esr < 105.0:rapid >= 105.0:rapid 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 102.3.0:esr >= 102.3.0:esr < 105.0:rapid >= 105.0:rapid

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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