Security update for MozillaThunderbird

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1167-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-23981 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-23981 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-23982 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23982 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23984 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23984 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23987 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-23987 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-23991 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2021-23991 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23992 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-23992 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2

An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues:

  • Mozilla Thunderbird was updated to version 78.9.1 (MFSA 2021-12,MFSA 2021-13, bsc#1183942, bsc#1184536)
  • CVE-2021-23981: Texture upload into an unbound backing buffer resulted in an out-of-bound read
  • CVE-2021-23982: Internal network hosts could have been probed by a malicious webpage
  • CVE-2021-23984: Malicious extensions could have spoofed popup information
  • CVE-2021-23987: Memory safety bugs
  • CVE-2021-23991: An attacker may use Thunderbird's OpenPGP key refresh mechanism to poison an existing key
  • CVE-2021-23993: Inability to send encrypted OpenPGP email after importing a crafted OpenPGP key
  • cleaned up and fixed mozilla.sh.in for wayland (bsc#1177542)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-SP2-2021-1167=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • MozillaThunderbird-78.9.1-8.20.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-78.9.1-8.20.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-78.9.1-8.20.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-78.9.1-8.20.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-78.9.1-8.20.1

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