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Gentoo: GLSA-201803-14 Normal: Thunderbird Multiple Risks

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Calendar Grey March 28, 2018
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities found in Mozilla Thunderbird may allow arbitrary code execution. Upgrades required to mitigate risks.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the referenced Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories and CVE identifiers below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code execution risk Mozilla Thunderbird normal severity

Resolution

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-52.6.0"
All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-52.6.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7753 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7753 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-7779 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7779 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-7784 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7784 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-7785 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7785 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-7786 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7786 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-7787 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7787 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-7791 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7791 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-7792 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7792 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-7793 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7793 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-7800 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7800 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-7801 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7801 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-7802 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7802 [ 13 ] CVE-2017-7803 https://nvd.nist.gov/...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 28, 2018
Bugs: #627376, #639048, #643842, #645812, #645820
ID: 201803-14

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security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code execution risk Mozilla Thunderbird normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the Mozilla project.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/thunderbird < 52.6.0 >= 52.6.0 2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 52.6.0 >= 52.6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, conduct URL hijacking, or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS).

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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