QID 239416

Date Published: 2021-06-14

QID 239416: Red Hat Update for thunderbird (RHSA-2021:2263)

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.11.0.

Security Fix(es): Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 89 and Firefox ESR 78.11 (CVE-2021-29967) Mozilla: Thunderbird stored OpenPGP secret keys without master password protection (CVE-2021-29956) Mozilla: Partial protection of inline OpenPGP message not indicated (CVE-2021-29957)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:2263 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239416

    CVE-2021-29956 | CVE-2021-29957 | CVE-2021-29967 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:2263 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2263?language=en
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