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Gentoo: GLSA-202405-15 High Severity Mozilla Firefox Risks

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Calendar Grey May 5, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Stay informed about Mozilla Firefox security issues highlighted in Gentoo GLSA 202405-15, showcasing critical threats faced by users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which can lead to remote 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 risk management remote code execution Gentoo Linux firefox update Mozilla Firefox

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox rapid release users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-123.0"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-123.0"
All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-115.8.0:esr"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-115.8.0:esr"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-1546 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1546 [ 2 ] CVE-2024-1547 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1547 [ 3 ] CVE-2024-1548 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1548 [ 4 ] CVE-2024-1549 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1549 [ 5 ] CVE-2024-1550 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1550 [ 6 ] CVE-2024-1551 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1551 [ 7 ] CVE-2024-1552 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1552 [ 8 ] CVE-2024-1553 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1553 [ 9 ] CVE-2024-1554 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1554 [ 10 ] CVE-2024-1555 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1555 [ 11 ] CVE-2024-1556 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1556 [ 12 ] CVE-2024-1557 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1557

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202405-15
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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 05, 2024
Bugs: #925122
ID: 202405-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity risk management remote code execution Gentoo Linux firefox update Mozilla Firefox

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the worst of which can lead to remote 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 ---------------------- ------------- -------------- www-client/firefox < 115.8.0:esr >= 115.8.0:esr >= 123.0:rapid < 123.0 >= 123.0 www-client/firefox-bin < 115.8.0:esr >= 115.8.0:esr >= 123.0:rapid < 123.0 >= 123.0

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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