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Gentoo: 202102-02 Normal: Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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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 gentoo software update arbitrary code execution vulnerability execution thunderbird multiple normal normal severity mail-client

Resolution

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-78.7.0"
All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-78.7.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-15685 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15685 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-26976 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26976 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-23953 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23953 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-23954 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23954 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-23960 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23960 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-23964 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23964 [ 7 ] Upstream advisory (MFSA-2021-05) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-05/

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202102-02
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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: February 01, 2021
Bugs: #767394
ID: 202102-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update arbitrary code execution vulnerability execution thunderbird multiple normal normal severity mail-client

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 < 78.7.0 >= 78.7.0 2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 78.7.0 >= 78.7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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