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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: February 20, 2017
     Bugs: #607138
       ID: 201702-22

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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           < 45.7.0                  >= 45.7.0
  2  www-client/firefox-bin       < 45.7.0                  >= 45.7.0
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages

Description
===========

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

Impact
======

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, bypass
access restriction, access otherwise protected information, or spoof
content via multiple vectors.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-45.7.0"

All Mozilla Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-45.7.0"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2017-5373
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5373
[  2 ] CVE-2017-5375
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5375
[  3 ] CVE-2017-5376
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5376
[  4 ] CVE-2017-5378
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5378
[  5 ] CVE-2017-5380
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5380
[  6 ] CVE-2017-5383
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5383
[  7 ] CVE-2017-5386
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5386
[  8 ] CVE-2017-5390
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5390
[  9 ] CVE-2017-5396
       http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5396
[ 10 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-02
       https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/

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/201702-22

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 2017 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.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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