Gentoo: GLSA-202004-07: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-68.6.1"
All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-74.0.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2020-6819 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6819 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-6820 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6820 [ 3 ] MFSA-2020-11 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-07
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.
Background
Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla Project.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-client/firefox < 74.0.1 *>= 68.6.1 *>= 74.0.1
Impact
===== 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 a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.