A Mozilla Thunderbird security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

gentoo-announce: GLSA 202007-09 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-09
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 26, 2020
Bugs: #730628
ID: 202007-09

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird, the
worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
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Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the
Mozilla project.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 mail-client/thunderbird < 68.10.0 >= 68.10.0
2 mail-client/thunderbird-bin
< 68.10.0 >= 68.10.0
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2 affected packages

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-68.10.0"

All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest
version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-68.10.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-12417
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12417
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-12418
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12418
[ 3 ] CVE-2020-12419
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12419
[ 4 ] CVE-2020-12420
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12420
[ 5 ] CVE-2020-12421
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12421

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
  https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5