SUSE: 2020:2552-1 Important: MozillaThunderbird Privilege Escalation Fix
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September 7, 2020
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues: - Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to 68.12 (bsc#1175686) - CVE-2020-15663: Downgrade attack on the Mozilla Maintenance Service could have resulted in escalation of privilege - CVE-2020-15664: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation - CVE-2020-15669: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2020-2552=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-2552=1
Topics Covered
References
#1175686
Cross- CVE-2020-15663 CVE-2020-15664 CVE-2020-15669
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15663.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15664.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15669.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175686
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2552-1
Rating: important
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