Race Condition Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:78.13.0-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.39% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-3287126
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed17 Aug 2021

Introduced: 17 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-29986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:78.13.0-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:3155.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird-debuginfo package and not the thunderbird-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

CVSS Scores

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