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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202208-37
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Severity: High
Title: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 31, 2022
Bugs: #866215
ID: 202208-37

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, the
worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background
=========
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 < 104:rapid >= 104:rapid
< 91.13.0:esr >= 91.13.0:esr
2 www-client/firefox-bin < 104:rapid >= 104:rapid

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. 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 Mozilla Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-91.13.0"

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-91.13.0"

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-104.0"

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-client/firefox-bin-104.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-38472
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38472
[ 2 ] CVE-2022-38473
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38473
[ 3 ] CVE-2022-38474
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38474
[ 4 ] CVE-2022-38475
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38475
[ 5 ] CVE-2022-38476
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38476
[ 6 ] CVE-2022-38477
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38477
[ 7 ] CVE-2022-38478
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38478

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/202208-37

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 2022 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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