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Debian 9 Trusted Advisory DLA-2479-1 Critical: Thunderbird Stack Overflow

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 4, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Ensure your Debian 9 system has the latest Thunderbird updates installed to address security vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution via a stack overflow.
Chiaki Ishikawa discovered a stack overflow in SMTP server status handling which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code
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Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
1:78.5.1-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your thunderbird packages.

For the detailed security status of thunderbird please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/thunderbird

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: thunderbird
Version: 1:78.5.1-1~deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2020-26970

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