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Gentoo: 202104-09 Normal Severity: Mozilla Thunderbird Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Tackling moderate risk vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird as outlined in Gentoo's advisory 202104-09 to safeguard users' security and privacy.
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 Gentoo Linux execution risk email client Mozilla Thunderbird normal severity

Resolution

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-78.10.0"
All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-78.10.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-23961 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23961 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-23968 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23968 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-23969 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23969 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-23973 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23973 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-23978 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23978 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-23981 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23981 [ 7 ] CVE-2021-23982 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23982 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-23984 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23984 [ 9 ] CVE-2021-23987 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23987 [ 10 ] CVE-2021-23994 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23994 [ 11 ] CVE-2021-23995 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23995 [ 12 ] CVE-2021-23998 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23998 [ 13 ] CVE-2021-23999 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detai...

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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/202104-09
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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: April 30, 2021
Bugs: #772287, #778272, #784578
ID: 202104-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update Gentoo Linux execution risk email client Mozilla Thunderbird normal severity

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 < 78.10.0 >= 78.10.0 2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin < 78.10.0 >= 78.10.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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