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Gentoo: GLSA-202210-34 High: Mozilla Firefox Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 31, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Examine Gentoo GLSA 202210-34 which tackles several critical vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox. Act swiftly to enhance your security!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found 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 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Arbitrary Code Execution

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-102.4.0"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-102.4.0"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-106.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-106.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-42927 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42927 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-42928 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42928 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-42929 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42929 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-42930 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42930 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-42931 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42931 [ 6 ] CVE-2022-42932 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42932

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-34
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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: October 31, 2022
Bugs: #877773
ID: 202210-34

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Arbitrary Code Execution

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found 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 < 102.4.0:esr >= 102.4.0:esr < 106.0:rapid >= 106.0:rapid 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 102.4.0:esr >= 102.4.0:esr < 106.0:rapid >= 106.0:rapid

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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