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Gentoo: GLSA-202006-19 Normal Severity for Mozilla Thunderbird Advisory

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in Mozilla Thunderbird might enable code execution. Users are recommended to update to secure their systems.
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

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Resolution

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-68.9.0"
All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-68.9.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-12398 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12398 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-12405 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12405 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-12406 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12406 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-12410 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12410 [ 5 ] MFSA-2020-22 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-19
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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: June 15, 2020
Bugs: #727118
ID: 202006-19

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Topics Covered

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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 < 68.9.0 >= 68.9.0 2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 68.9.0 >= 68.9.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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