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Gentoo: GLSA 202012-04 Normal: Mozilla Thunderbird Arbitrary Code Risk

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in Mozilla Thunderbird may permit unauthorized code execution; users are advised to update promptly.
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 security issue gentoo arbitrary code thunderbird email client Mozilla Thunderbird normal severity

Resolution

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-78.5.1"
All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-78.5.1"

References

[ 1 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-52 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/ [ 2 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-53 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-53/#CVE-2020-26970 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-15999 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-16012 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16012 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-26951 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26951 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-26953 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26953 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-26956 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26956 [ 8 ] CVE-2020-26958 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26958 [ 9 ] CVE-2020-26959 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26959 [ 10 ] CVE-2020-26960 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26960 [ 11 ] CVE-2020-26961 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26961 [ 12 ] CVE-2020-26965 https://nvd....

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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/202012-04
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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: December 07, 2020
Bugs: #758857
ID: 202012-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue gentoo arbitrary code thunderbird email client 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 < 78.5.1 >= 78.5.1 2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 78.5.1 >= 78.5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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