Security update for MozillaThunderbird

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0123-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-16044 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-16044 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues:

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 78.6.1
  • changed: MailExtensions: browserAction, composeAction, and messageDisplayAction toolbar buttons now support label and default_label properties (bmo#1583478)
  • fixed: Running a quicksearch that returned no results did not offer to re-run as a global search (bmo#1663153)
  • fixed: Message search toolbar fixes (bmo#1681010)
  • fixed: Very long subject lines distorted the message compose and display windows, making them unusable (bmo#77806)
  • fixed: Compose window: Recipient addresses that had not yet been autocompleted were lost when clicking Send button (bmo#1674054)
  • fixed: Compose window: New message is no longer marked as "changed" just from tabbing out of the recipient field without editing anything (bmo#1681389)
  • fixed: Account autodiscover fixes when using MS Exchange servers (bmo#1679759)
  • fixed: LDAP address book stability fix (bmo#1680914)
  • fixed: Messages with invalid vcard attachments were not marked as read when viewed in the preview window (bmo#1680468)
  • fixed: Chat: Could not add TLS certificate exceptions for XMPP connections (bmo#1590471)
  • fixed: Calendar: System timezone was not always properly detected (bmo#1678839)
  • fixed: Calendar: Descriptions were sometimes blank when editing a single occurrence of a repeating event (bmo#1664731)
  • fixed: Various printing bugfixes (bmo#1676166)
  • fixed: Visual consistency and theme improvements (bmo#1682808) MFSA 2021-02 (bsc#1180623)
  • CVE-2020-16044 (bmo#1683964) Use-after-free write when handling a malicious COOKIE-ECHO SCTP chunk

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-SP2-2021-123=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-78.6.1-8.6.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-78.6.1-8.6.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-78.6.1-8.6.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-78.6.1-8.6.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-78.6.1-8.6.1

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