An attacker may use Thunderbird's OpenPGP key refresh mechanism to poison an existing key (CVE-2021-23991). A crafted OpenPGP key with an invalid user ID could be used to confuse the user (MOZ-2021-23992). . MGASA-2021-0189 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities Publication date: 15 Apr 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0189.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8 CVE: CVE-2021-23991, CVE-2021-23993 An attacker may use Thunderbird's OpenPGP key refresh mechanism to poison an existing key (CVE-2021-23991). A crafted OpenPGP key with an invalid user ID could be used to confuse the user (MOZ-2021-23992). Inability to send encrypted OpenPGP email after importing a crafted OpenPGP key (CVE-2021-23993). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28764 - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-13/ - https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.9.1/releasenotes/ - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23991 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23993 SRPMS: - 7/core/thunderbird-78.9.1-1.mga7 - 7/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.9.1-1.mga7 - 8/core/thunderbird-78.9.1-1.mga8 - 8/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.9.1-1.mga8 . Latest Thunderbird releases address significant vulnerabilities affecting password safeguarding and secure communication protocols.. Thunderbird Security,Mageia Updates,OpenPGP Threats,Email Encryption Risks. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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