[ GLSA 202008-16 ] Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

Sam James <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Aug 2020 01:55:35 +0100
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202008-16
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple
           vulnerabilities
     Date: August 27, 2020
     Bugs: #739006, #739164
       ID: 202008-16

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla
Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution
of code.

Background
==========

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
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  www-client/firefox          < 68.12.0                 >= 68.12.0
  2  www-client/firefox-bin      < 68.12.0                 >= 68.12.0
  3  mail-client/thunderbird     < 68.12.0                 >= 68.12.0
  4  mail-client/thunderbird-bin
                                 < 68.12.0                 >= 68.12.0
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     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
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

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-68.12.0"

All Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-68.12.0"

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-68.12.0"

All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-68.12.0"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15664
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15664
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-15669
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15669
[ 3 ] Upstream advisory (MFSA-2020-37)
      https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/
[ 4 ] Upstream advisory (MFSA-2020-38)
      https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-16

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
[email protected] 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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