MGASA-2019-0316 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 07 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0316.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-11757,
     CVE-2019-11758,
     CVE-2019-11759,
     CVE-2019-11760,
     CVE-2019-11761,
     CVE-2019-11762,
     CVE-2019-11763,
     CVE-2019-11764,
     CVE-2019-15903

The updated packages fix security issues:

Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB.
(CVE-2019-11757)

Potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security.
(CVE-2019-11758)

Stack buffer overflow in HKDF output. (CVE-2019-11759)

Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking. (CVE-2019-11760)

Unintended access to a privileged JSONView object. (CVE-2019-11761)

document.domain-based origin isolation has same-origin-property
violation. (CVE-2019-11762)

Incorrect HTML parsing results in XSS bypass technique. (CVE-2019-11763)

Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 68.2. (CVE-2019-11764)

Heap overflow in expat library in XML_GetCurrentLineNumber.
(CVE-2019-15903)

Enigmail has been updated to 2.1.3.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25597
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.2.0/releasenotes/
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.2.1/releasenotes/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/
- https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog#enig2.1.3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3237
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11757
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11758
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11759
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11760
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11761
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11762
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11763
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11764
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15903

SRPMS:
- 7/core/thunderbird-68.2.1-1.mga7
- 7/core/thunderbird-l10n-68.2.1-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0316: thunderbird security update

The updated packages fix security issues: Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB

Summary

The updated packages fix security issues:
Use-after-free when creating index updates in IndexedDB. (CVE-2019-11757)
Potentially exploitable crash due to 360 Total Security. (CVE-2019-11758)
Stack buffer overflow in HKDF output. (CVE-2019-11759)
Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC networking. (CVE-2019-11760)
Unintended access to a privileged JSONView object. (CVE-2019-11761)
document.domain-based origin isolation has same-origin-property violation. (CVE-2019-11762)
Incorrect HTML parsing results in XSS bypass technique. (CVE-2019-11763)
Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 68.2. (CVE-2019-11764)
Heap overflow in expat library in XML_GetCurrentLineNumber. (CVE-2019-15903)
Enigmail has been updated to 2.1.3.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25597

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.2.0/releasenotes/

- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.2.1/releasenotes/

- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-35/

- https://enigmail.net/index.php/en/download/changelog#enig2.1.3

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3237

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11757

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11758

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11759

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11760

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11761

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11762

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11763

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11764

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15903

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0316 - Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 7/core/thunderbird-68.2.1-1.mga7

- 7/core/thunderbird-l10n-68.2.1-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 07 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0316.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-11757, CVE-2019-11758, CVE-2019-11759, CVE-2019-11760, CVE-2019-11761, CVE-2019-11762, CVE-2019-11763, CVE-2019-11764, CVE-2019-15903

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