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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-10 High: Mozilla Thunderbird Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird may cause unauthorized code execution and potential Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity security issue gentoo arbitrary code execution mozilla thunderbird

Resolution

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-68.6.0"
All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-68.6.0"

References

[ 1 ] MFSA-2019-35 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/ [ 2 ] MFSA-2019-37 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ [ 3 ] MFSA-2020-07 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/ [ 4 ] MFSA-2020-10 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-10/ [ 5 ] CVE-2019-11745 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11745 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-11757 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11757 [ 7 ] CVE-2019-11759 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11759 [ 8 ] CVE-2019-11760 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11760 [ 9 ] CVE-2019-11761 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11761 [ 10 ] CVE-2019-11762 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11762 [ 11 ] CVE-2019-11763 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11763 [ 12 ] CVE-2019-11764 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11764 [ 13 ] CVE-2019-17005...

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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/202003-10
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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: High
Title: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 14, 2020
Bugs: #698516, #702638, #709350, #712518
ID: 202003-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity security issue gentoo arbitrary code execution mozilla thunderbird

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of 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 < 68.6.0 >= 68.6.0 2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 68.6.0 >= 68.6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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