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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202101-04">
+ <title>Mozilla Firefox: Remote code execution</title>
+ <synopsis>A use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox's SCTP handling may allow
+ remote code execution.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">firefox,thunderbird</product>
+ <announced>2021-01-10</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2021-01-10</revised>
+ <bug>764161</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="www-client/firefox" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge" slot="0/esr78">78.6.1</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="ge">84.0.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">84.0.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ <package name="www-client/firefox-bin" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge" slot="0/esr78">78.6.1</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="ge">84.0.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">84.0.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Mozilla Firefox is a popular open-source web browser from the Mozilla
+ project.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A use-after-free bug was discovered in Mozilla Firefox’s handling of
+ SCTP.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Firefox ESR users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=www-client/firefox-78.6.1:0/esr78"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>All Firefox ESR binary users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=www-client/firefox-bin-78.6.1:0/esr78"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>All Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-client/firefox-84.0.2"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>All Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-client/firefox-bin-84.0.2"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16044">CVE-2020-16044</uri>
+ <uri link="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-01/">
+ MFSA-2021-01
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-01-09T16:49:31Z">sam_c</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-01-10T09:20:31Z">sam_c</metadata>
+</glsa>