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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202012-20
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple
vulnerabilities
Date: December 23, 2020
Bugs: #759097
ID: 202012-20
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla
Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution
of code.
Background
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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
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-client/firefox < 84.0 >= 78.6.0:0/esr78
>= 84.0
2 www-client/firefox-bin < 84.0 >= 78.6.0:0/esr78
>= 84.0
3 mail-client/thunderbird < 78.6.0 >= 78.6.0
4 mail-client/thunderbird-bin
< 78.6.0 >= 78.6.0
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4 affected packages
Description
===========
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and
Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below
for details.
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=www-client/firefox-84.0”
All Mozilla Firefox (bin) users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=www-client/firefox-bin-84.0”
All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=www-client/firefox-78.6.0:0/esr78”
All Mozilla Firefox ESR (bin) users should upgrade to the latest
version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=www-client/firefox-bin-78.6.0:0/esr78”
All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=mail-client/thunderbird-78.6.0”
All Mozilla Thunderbird (bin) users should upgrade to the latest
version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-78.6.0”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-16042
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16042
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-26971
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26971
[ 3 ] CVE-2020-26973
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26973
[ 4 ] CVE-2020-26974
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26974
[ 5 ] CVE-2020-26978
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26978
[ 6 ] CVE-2020-35111
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35111
[ 7 ] CVE-2020-35113
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35113
[ 8 ] MFSA-2020-55
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/
[ 9 ] MFSA-2020-56
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-56/
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-20
Concerns?
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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.
License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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