QID 352868

Date Published: 2021-11-10

QID 352868: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2021-1720

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in firefox 91 and firefox esr 78.13.
Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code.
This vulnerability affects firefox esr < 78.14, thunderbird < 78.14, and firefox < 92. (
( CVE-2021-38493) mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in thunderbird 78.13.0.
This vulnerability affects thunderbird < 91.1 and firefox esr < 91.1. (
( CVE-2021-38495)

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.

Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; allows unauthorized modification; allows disruption of service.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2021-1720 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS2-2021-1720 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1720.html

CVEs related to QID 352868

CVE-2021-38495 | CVE-2021-38493 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS2-2021-1720	Amazon Linux 2		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1720.html

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