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Gentoo 202305-06 High: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Risks for Users

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Calendar Grey May 3, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical security flaws found in Mozilla Firefox on Gentoo require prompt updates to mitigate dangers.
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 code execution gentoo linux firefox vulnerabilities

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-102.7.0:esr"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-102.7.0:esr"
All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-109.0:rapid"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-109.0:rapid"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-46871 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46871 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-46872 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46872 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-46873 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46873 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-46874 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46874 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-46875 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46875 [ 6 ] CVE-2022-46877 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46877 [ 7 ] CVE-2022-46878 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46878 [ 8 ] CVE-2022-46879 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46879 [ 9 ] CVE-2022-46880 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46880 [ 10 ] CVE-2022-46881 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46881 [ 11 ] CVE-2022-46882 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46882 [ 12 ] CVE-2023-23597 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23597 [ 13 ] CVE-2023-23598 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23598 [ 14 ] CVE-2023-23...

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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/202305-06
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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: May 03, 2023
Bugs: #885813, #891213
ID: 202305-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity code execution gentoo linux firefox vulnerabilities

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 < 102.7.0:esr >= 102.7.0:esr < 109.0:rapid >= 109.0:rapid 2 www-client/firefox-bin < 102.7.0:esr >= 102.7.0:esr < 109.0:rapid >= 109.0:rapid

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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