GLSA 202412-13: Spidermonkey: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Spidermonkey: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	12/08/2024
Bugs:	#935552, #936217, #937469, #941176
ID:	202412-13

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Spidermonkey, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

SpiderMonkey is Mozilla’s JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine, used in Firefox, Servo and various other projects. It is written in C++, Rust and JavaScript. You can embed it into C++ and Rust projects, and it can be run as a stand-alone shell.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-lang/spidermonkey	< 115.15.0	>= 115.15.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Spidermonkey. 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 Spidermonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/spidermonkey-115.15.0:115"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202412-13.xml

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.