RedHat: RHSA-2021-0160:01 Critical: thunderbird security update
Summary
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.6.1.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Use-after-free write when handling a malicious COOKIE-ECHO SCTP
chunk (CVE-2020-16044)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to
take effect.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16044 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1):
Source:
thunderbird-78.6.1-1.el8_1.src.rpm
ppc64le:
thunderbird-78.6.1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
thunderbird-debugsource-78.6.1-1.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
thunderbird-78.6.1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-78.6.1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debugsource-78.6.1-1.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - ppc64le, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1913503 - CVE-2020-16044 Mozilla: Use-after-free write when handling a malicious COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk
