MGASA-2024-0274 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 21 Jul 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0274.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-6600,
     CVE-2024-6601,
     CVE-2024-6603,
     CVE-2024-6604

Memory corruption in WebGL API. (CVE-2024-6600)
Race condition in permission assignment. (CVE-2024-6601)
Memory corruption in thread creation. (CVE-2024-6603)
Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 128, Firefox ESR 115.13, and
Thunderbird 115.13. (CVE-2024-6604)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33406
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.13.0/releasenotes/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-31/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6600
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6601
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6603
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6604

SRPMS:
- 9/core/thunderbird-115.13.0-1.mga9
- 9/core/thunderbird-l10n-115.13.0-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0274: thunderbird Security Advisory Updates

Memory corruption in WebGL API

Summary

Memory corruption in WebGL API. (CVE-2024-6600) Race condition in permission assignment. (CVE-2024-6601) Memory corruption in thread creation. (CVE-2024-6603) Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 128, Firefox ESR 115.13, and Thunderbird 115.13. (CVE-2024-6604)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33406

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.13.0/releasenotes/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-31/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6600

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6601

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6603

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6604

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0274 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/thunderbird-115.13.0-1.mga9

- 9/core/thunderbird-l10n-115.13.0-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 21 Jul 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0274.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6603, CVE-2024-6604

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