MGASA-2021-0217 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 21 May 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0217.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8
CVE: CVE-2021-29956,
     CVE-2021-29957

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Thunderbird stored OpenPGP secret keys without master password
protection (CVE-2021-29956).

Partial protection of inline OpenPGP message not indicated
(CVE-2021-29957).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28941
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-22/
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.10.1/releasenotes/
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.10.2/releasenotes/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29956
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29957

SRPMS:
- 8/core/thunderbird-78.10.2-1.mga8
- 8/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.10.2-1.mga8
- 7/core/thunderbird-78.10.2-1.mga7
- 7/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.10.2-1.mga7

Mageia 2021-0217: thunderbird security update

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: Thunderbird stored OpenPGP secret keys without master password protection (CVE-2021-29956)

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Thunderbird stored OpenPGP secret keys without master password protection (CVE-2021-29956).
Partial protection of inline OpenPGP message not indicated (CVE-2021-29957).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28941

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-22/

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.10.1/releasenotes/

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.10.2/releasenotes/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29956

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29957

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0217 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 8/core/thunderbird-78.10.2-1.mga8

- 8/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.10.2-1.mga8

- 7/core/thunderbird-78.10.2-1.mga7

- 7/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.10.2-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 21 May 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0217.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-29956, CVE-2021-29957

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