Buffer Overflow Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.2.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1560798
- published 22 Oct 2019
- disclosed 8 Jan 2020
Introduced: 22 Oct 2019
CVE-2019-11759 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.2.1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
An attacker could have caused 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end of a buffer stored on the stack. This could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or more likely lead to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11759
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11759
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-33/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-34/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1577953
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-11759