A thunderbird security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

RHSA-2020:3643-01: Important: thunderbird security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: thunderbird security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3643-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3643
Issue date: 2020-09-08
CVE Names: CVE-2020-15664 CVE-2020-15669
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1. Summary:

An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 68.12.0.

Security Fix(es):

* Mozilla: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation
(CVE-2020-15664)

* Mozilla: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation (CVE-2020-15669)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

  https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to
take effect.

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1872531 - CVE-2020-15664 Mozilla: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation
1872532 - CVE-2020-15669 Mozilla: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

Source:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

ppc64:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.src.rpm

i386:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpm

x86_64:
thunderbird-68.12.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
thunderbird-debuginfo-68.12.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15664
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15669
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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