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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201903-04
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: March 10, 2019
     Bugs: #672956, #676892, #677856
       ID: 201903-04

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, the worst
of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla
Project.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  www-client/firefox           < 60.5.1                  >= 60.5.1 
  2  www-client/firefox-bin       < 60.5.1                  >= 60.5.1 
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web
page possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-60.5.1"

All Mozilla FireFox bin users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-60.5.1"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2018-12405
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12405
[  2 ] CVE-2018-18356
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18356
[  3 ] CVE-2018-18492
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18492
[  4 ] CVE-2018-18493
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18493
[  5 ] CVE-2018-18494
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18494
[  6 ] CVE-2018-18498
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18498
[  7 ] CVE-2018-18500
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18500
[  8 ] CVE-2018-18501
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18501
[  9 ] CVE-2018-18505
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18505
[ 10 ] CVE-2019-5785
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5785

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/201903-04

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 2019 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/