GLSA 201512-10: Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:12/30/2015
Bugs: #545232, #554036, #556942, #564818, #567298, #568376
ID:201512-10

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, the worst of which may allow user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird an open-source email client, both from the Mozilla Project.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
www-client/firefox < 38.5.0 >= 38.5.0 All supported architectures
www-client/firefox-bin < 38.5.0 >= 38.5.0 All supported architectures
mail-client/thunderbird < 38.5.0 >= 38.5.0 All supported architectures
mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 38.5.0 >= 38.5.0 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

A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition.

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-38.5.0"
    

All Firefox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-38.5.0"

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-38.5.0"

All Thunderbird-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-38.5.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201512-10.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.

License

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Thank you!