Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.3.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1561324
- published 3 Dec 2019
- disclosed 8 Jan 2020
Introduced: 3 Dec 2019
CVE-2019-17008 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.3.0-1 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.
When using nested workers, a use-after-free could occur during worker destruction. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17008
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17008
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.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=1546331
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-17008
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/
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