GLSA 202012-04: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/07/2020
Bugs:	#758857
ID:	202012-04

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-bin	< 78.5.1	>= 78.5.1	All supported architectures
mail-client/thunderbird	< 78.5.1	>= 78.5.1	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

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-78.5.1"

All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-78.5.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202012-04.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.