[ GLSA 201309-23 ] Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201309-23)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: September 27, 2013
Bug(s): #450940, #458390, #460818, #464226, #469868, #474758, #479968, #485258
ID: 201309-23

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox,
Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, some of which may allow a remote user to
execute arbitrary code.


Background

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird
an open-source email client, both from the Mozilla Project. The
SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality
releases of code derived from the application formerly known as the
‘Mozilla Application Suite’.


Affected Packages

Package: mail-client/thunderbird
Vulnerable: < 17.0.9
Unaffected: >= 17.0.9
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: www-client/firefox
Vulnerable: < 17.0.9
Unaffected: >= 17.0.9
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: www-client/seamonkey
Vulnerable: < 2.21
Unaffected: >= 2.21
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: mail-client/thunderbird-bin
Vulnerable: < 17.0.9
Unaffected: >= 17.0.9
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: www-client/firefox-bin
Vulnerable: < 17.0.9
Unaffected: >= 17.0.9
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: www-client/seamonkey-bin
Vulnerable: < 2.21
Unaffected: >= 2.21
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

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


Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web
page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a
Denial of Service condition. Further, a remote attacker could conduct XSS
attacks, spoof URLs, bypass address space layout randomization, conduct
clickjacking attacks, obtain potentially sensitive information, bypass
access restrictions, modify the local filesystem, or conduct other
unspecified attacks.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mozilla Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version: