MGASA-2020-0170 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 15 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0170.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-6819,
     CVE-2020-6820,
     CVE-2020-6821,
     CVE-2020-6822,
     CVE-2020-6825

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Use-after-free while running the nsDocShell destructor. (CVE-2020-6819)

Use-after-free when handling a ReadableStream. (CVE-2020-6820)

Uninitialized memory could be read when using the WebGL copyTexSubImage
method. (CVE-2020-6821)

Out of bounds write in GMPDecodeData when processing large images.
(CVE-2020-6822)

Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 68.7.0. (CVE-2020-6825)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26455
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.7.0/releasenotes/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-14/
- https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog#enig2.1.6
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6819
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6820
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6821
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6822
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6825

SRPMS:
- 7/core/thunderbird-68.7.0-1.mga7
- 7/core/thunderbird-l10n-68.7.0-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0170: thunderbird security update

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Use-after-free while running the nsDocShell destructor

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Use-after-free while running the nsDocShell destructor. (CVE-2020-6819)
Use-after-free when handling a ReadableStream. (CVE-2020-6820)
Uninitialized memory could be read when using the WebGL copyTexSubImage method. (CVE-2020-6821)
Out of bounds write in GMPDecodeData when processing large images. (CVE-2020-6822)
Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 68.7.0. (CVE-2020-6825)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26455

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.7.0/releasenotes/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-14/

- https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog#enig2.1.6

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6819

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6820

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6821

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6822

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6825

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0170 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/thunderbird-68.7.0-1.mga7

- 7/core/thunderbird-l10n-68.7.0-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 15 Apr 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0170.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-6819, CVE-2020-6820, CVE-2020-6821, CVE-2020-6822, CVE-2020-6825

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