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Bug 595520 - No GLSA for Firefox newer than 38.8.0 - it is EOL
Summary: No GLSA for Firefox newer than 38.8.0 - it is EOL
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: GLSA Errors (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
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Reported: 2016-09-29 12:30 UTC by Will Dormann
Modified: 2016-10-01 08:48 UTC (History)
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Description Will Dormann 2016-09-29 12:30:30 UTC
I have an amd64 Gentoo system.  It has Firefox 38.8.0 installed on it, but glsa-check doesn't indicate that it's vulnerable.


test@localhost ~ $ glsa-check -l
[A] means this GLSA was marked as applied (injected),
[U] means the system is not affected and
[N] indicates that the system might be affected.

test@localhost ~ $ 



The latest GLSA for Firefox, is https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 , which indicates:

"Unaffected versions 	>= 38.7.0"


This leaves out:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/#firefoxesr45.2
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/#firefoxesr45.3
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/#firefoxesr45.4


Just because there weren't any 38.x updates, that doesn't mean 38.8 isn't affected by those.   38.x is EOL.
Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2016-10-01 08:48:28 UTC
(In reply to Will Dormann from comment #0)
> The latest GLSA for Firefox, is https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 ,
> which indicates:
> 
> "Unaffected versions 	>= 38.7.0"
> 

This only says that the issues described in this specific advisory are fixed by that version; it does not speak for any future updates like the ones you list.

Mozilla bugs always take a while to squash, when the advisory is out, old versions will eventually be marked as vulnerable as well.