GLSA 201811-13: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/24/2018
Bugs:	#651862, #656092, #660342, #669960, #670102
ID:	201811-13

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the Mozilla project.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
mail-client/thunderbird	< 60.3.0	>= 60.3.0	All supported architectures
mail-client/thunderbird-bin	< 60.3.0	>= 60.3.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird. Please review the referenced Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories and CVE identifiers below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-60.3.0"
    

All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-60.3.0"

References

• CVE-2017-16541
• CVE-2018-12359
• CVE-2018-12360
• CVE-2018-12361
• CVE-2018-12362
• CVE-2018-12363
• CVE-2018-12364
• CVE-2018-12365
• CVE-2018-12366
• CVE-2018-12367
• CVE-2018-12371
• CVE-2018-12372
• CVE-2018-12373
• CVE-2018-12374
• CVE-2018-12376
• CVE-2018-12377
• CVE-2018-12378
• CVE-2018-12379
• CVE-2018-12383
• CVE-2018-12385
• CVE-2018-12389
• CVE-2018-12390
• CVE-2018-12391
• CVE-2018-12392
• CVE-2018-12393
• CVE-2018-5125
• CVE-2018-5127
• CVE-2018-5129
• CVE-2018-5144
• CVE-2018-5145
• CVE-2018-5146
• CVE-2018-5150
• CVE-2018-5154
• CVE-2018-5155
• CVE-2018-5156
• CVE-2018-5159
• CVE-2018-5161
• CVE-2018-5162
• CVE-2018-5168
• CVE-2018-5170
• CVE-2018-5178
• CVE-2018-5183
• CVE-2018-5184
• CVE-2018-5185
• CVE-2018-5187
• CVE-2018-5188

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201811-13.xml

Concerns?

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License

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