GLSA 202209-27: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:	high
Title:	Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	09/29/2022
Bugs:	#872059
ID:	202209-27

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.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-client/firefox-bin	< 105.0	>= 105.0	All supported architectures
www-client/firefox	< 105.0	>= 105.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. 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 Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-102.3.0"
        

All Mozilla Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-102.3.0"

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-105.0"

All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-105.0"

References

• CVE-2022-40962
• CVE-2022-40960
• CVE-2022-40959
• CVE-2022-40958
• CVE-2022-40957
• CVE-2022-40956

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202209-27.xml

Concerns?

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License

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