SUSE Security Update: Security update for MozillaThunderbird
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2020:3642-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1179530 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-26970
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues:

   - Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to 78.5.1 (MFSA 2020-53, bsc#1179530)
   - CVE-2020-26970: Fixed a stack overflow due to incorrect parsing of SMTP
     server response codes.
   - Various bug fixes


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-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-3642=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1 (x86_64):

      MozillaThunderbird-78.5.1-3.110.2
      MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-78.5.1-3.110.2
      MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-78.5.1-3.110.2
      MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-78.5.1-3.110.2
      MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-78.5.1-3.110.2


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26970.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179530

SUSE: 2020:3642-1 important: MozillaThunderbird

December 7, 2020
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues: - Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to 78.5.1 (MFSA 2020-53, bsc#1179530) - CVE-2020-26970: Fixed a stack overflow due to incorrect parsing of SMTP server response codes. - Various bug fixes 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-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-3642=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1 (x86_64): MozillaThunderbird-78.5.1-3.110.2 MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-78.5.1-3.110.2 MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-78.5.1-3.110.2 MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-78.5.1-3.110.2 MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-78.5.1-3.110.2

References

#1179530

Cross- CVE-2020-26970

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26970.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179530

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3642-1
Rating: important

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