Race Condition Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.8.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1560822
- published 5 May 2020
- disclosed 26 May 2020
Introduced: 5 May 2020
CVE-2020-12387 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.8.0-1 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.
A race condition when running shutdown code for Web Worker led to a use-after-free vulnerability. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12387
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-04
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1545345
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-12387
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