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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-18 (mozilla ...)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200805-18.

Insight

Insight

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey and XULRunner, some of which may allow user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the latest package. For details, please visit the referenced security advisory. NOTE: The crash vulnerability (CVE-2008-1380) is currently unfixed in the SeaMonkey binary ebuild, as no precompiled packages have been released. Until an update is available, we recommend all SeaMonkey users to disable JavaScript, use Firefox for JavaScript-enabled browsing, or switch to the SeaMonkey source ebuild. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200805-18 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208128 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214816 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218065