Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.4.1-1
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0.66% (81st
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1561317
- published 7 Jan 2020
- disclosed 8 Jan 2020
Introduced: 7 Jan 2020
CVE-2019-17017 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.4.1-1 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.
Due to a missing case handling object types, a type confusion vulnerability could occur, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4 and Firefox < 72.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17017
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/12
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/18
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/26
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4600
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4603
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00016.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155912/Slackware-Security-Advisory-mozilla-thunderbird-Updates.html
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-01/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-02/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00029.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0292
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0295
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1603055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0085
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0086
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0111
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0120
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0123
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0127
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00043.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-17017
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4234-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/
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