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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202008-16)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local, remote
Date: 2020-08-27
Bug(s): #739006, #739164
ID: 202008-16

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: www-client/firefox
Vulnerable: < 68.12.0
Unaffected: >= 68.12.0
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: www-client/firefox-bin
Vulnerable: < 68.12.0
Unaffected: >= 68.12.0
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: mail-client/thunderbird
Vulnerable: < 68.12.0
Unaffected: >= 68.12.0
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: mail-client/thunderbird-bin
Vulnerable: < 68.12.0
Unaffected: >= 68.12.0
Architectures: 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

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:
Code:
# emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.12.0"
   
All Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-68.12.0"
   
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-68.12.0"
   
All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-68.12.0"
   


References

CVE-2020-15664
CVE-2020-15669

Upstream advisory (MFSA-2020-37)


Upstream advisory (MFSA-2020-38)
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