Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox allow privilege escalations for
JavaScript code, cross site scripting attacks, HTTP response smuggling and
possibly the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Mozilla Firefox is the next-generation web browser from the
Mozilla project.
A number of vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla
Firefox. For details please consult the references below.
Impact
By enticing the user to visit a malicious website, a remote
attacker can inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript Code into the user's
browser, execute JavaScript code with elevated privileges and possibly
execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the
application.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
Note: There is no stable fixed version for the Alpha
architecture yet. Users of Mozilla Firefox on Alpha should consider
unmerging it until such a version is available.
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.