GLSA 201504-01: Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | 04/07/2015 |
| Bugs: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
| ID: | 201504-01 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, the worst of which may allow user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.Background
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird an open-source email client, both from the Mozilla Project. The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as the ‘Mozilla Application Suite’.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| www-client/firefox | < 31.5.3 | >= 31.5.3 | All supported architectures |
| www-client/firefox-bin | < 31.5.3 | >= 31.5.3 | All supported architectures |
| mail-client/thunderbird | < 31.5.0 | >= 31.5.0 | All supported architectures |
| mail-client/thunderbird-bin | < 31.5.0 | >= 31.5.0 | All supported architectures |
| www-client/seamonkey | < 2.33.1 | >= 2.33.1 | All supported architectures |
| www-client/seamonkey-bin | < 2.33.1 | >= 2.33.1 | All supported architectures |
| dev-libs/nspr | < 4.10.6 | >= 4.10.6 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information, spoof the address bar, conduct clickjacking attacks, bypass security restrictions and protection mechanisms, or have other unspecified impact.
Workaround
There are no known workarounds at this time.
Resolution
All firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-31.5.3"
All firefox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-31.5.3"
All thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-31.5.0"
All thunderbird-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-31.5.0"
All seamonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-2.33.1"
All seamonkey-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/seamonkey-bin-2.33.1"
All nspr users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/nspr-4.10.6"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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