MGASA-2021-0355 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 16 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0355.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-29969,
     CVE-2021-29970,
     CVE-2021-29976,
     CVE-2021-30547

IMAP server responses sent by a MITM prior to STARTTLS could be processed
(CVE-2021-29969).

Use-after-free in accessibility features of a document (CVE-2021-29970).

Out of bounds write in ANGLE (CVE-2021-30547).

Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 78.12 (CVE-2021-29976).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29258
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.12.0/releasenotes/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-30/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29969
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29970
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29976
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30547

SRPMS:
- 8/core/thunderbird-78.12.0-1.mga8
- 8/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.12.0-1.mga8

Mageia 2021-0355: thunderbird security update

IMAP server responses sent by a MITM prior to STARTTLS could be processed (CVE-2021-29969)

Summary

IMAP server responses sent by a MITM prior to STARTTLS could be processed (CVE-2021-29969).
Use-after-free in accessibility features of a document (CVE-2021-29970).
Out of bounds write in ANGLE (CVE-2021-30547).
Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 78.12 (CVE-2021-29976).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29258

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.12.0/releasenotes/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-30/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29969

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29970

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29976

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30547

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0355 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 8/core/thunderbird-78.12.0-1.mga8

- 8/core/thunderbird-l10n-78.12.0-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 16 Jul 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0355.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-29969, CVE-2021-29970, CVE-2021-29976, CVE-2021-30547

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