GLSA 202008-16: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/27/2020
Bugs:	#739006, #739164
ID:	202008-16

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla Project.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the Mozilla project.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
mail-client/thunderbird-bin	< 68.12.0	>= 68.12.0	All supported architectures
mail-client/thunderbird	< 68.12.0	>= 68.12.0	All supported architectures
www-client/firefox-bin	< 68.12.0	>= 68.12.0	All supported architectures
www-client/firefox	< 68.12.0	>= 68.12.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.12.0"

All Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-68.12.0"

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-68.12.0"

All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-68.12.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202008-16.xml

Concerns?

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