Improper Input Validation Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:52.8.0-1.amzn2
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-5161 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 thunderbird to version 0:52.8.0-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1032.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5161
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/