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Gentoo: GLSA-202211-06 High Severity: Firefox Multiple Issues Detected

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities found in Mozilla Firefox necessitate prompt updates for Gentoo users. A critical advisory emphasizes the need for immediate response.
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 software update arbitrary code execution Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-102.5.0"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-102.5.0"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-107.0"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-107.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-40674 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40674 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-45403 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45403 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-45404 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45404 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-45405 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45405 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-45406 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45406 [ 6 ] CVE-2022-45407 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45407 [ 7 ] CVE-2022-45408 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45408 [ 8 ] CVE-2022-45409 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45409 [ 9 ] CVE-2022-45410 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45410 [ 10 ] CVE-2022-45411 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45411 [ 11 ] CVE-2022-45412 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45412 [ 12 ] CVE-2022-45413 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45413 [ 13 ] CVE-2022-45415 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45415 [ 14 ] CVE-2022-45...

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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/202211-06
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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: November 22, 2022
Bugs: #881403
ID: 202211-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity software update arbitrary code execution Gentoo Linux 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 < 102.5.0:esr >= 102.5.0:esr < 107.0:rapid >= 107.0:rapid 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 102.5.0:esr >= 102.5.0:esr < 107.0:rapid >= 107.0:rapid

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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