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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-12406: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2020-1462)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-12406: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2020-1462)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/09/2020
Created
07/21/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo

References

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