Security update for MozillaThunderbird

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0385-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-6792 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6793 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6794 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6795 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-6797 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6797 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6798 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2020-6798 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-6800 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-6800 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1

An update that solves seven vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues:

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 68.5 (bsc#1162777) MFSA 2020-07 (bsc#1163368)
  • CVE-2020-6793 (bmo#1608539) Out-of-bounds read when processing certain email messages
  • CVE-2020-6794 (bmo#1606619) Setting a master password post-Thunderbird 52 does not delete unencrypted previously stored passwords
  • CVE-2020-6795 (bmo#1611105) Crash processing S/MIME messages with multiple signatures
  • CVE-2020-6797 (bmo#1596668) Extensions granted downloads.open permission could open arbitrary applications on Mac OSX
  • CVE-2020-6798 (bmo#1602944) Incorrect parsing of template tag could result in JavaScript injection
  • CVE-2020-6792 (bmo#1609607) Message ID calculcation was based on uninitialized data

  • CVE-2020-6800 (bmo#1595786, bmo#1596706, bmo#1598543, bmo#1604851, bmo#1605777, bmo#1608580, bmo#1608785) Memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird 68.5

  • new: Support for Client Identity IMAP/SMTP Service Extension (bmo#1532388)

  • new: Support for OAuth 2.0 authentication for POP3 accounts (bmo#1538409)
  • fixed: Status area goes blank during account setup (bmo#1593122)
  • fixed: Calendar: Could not remove color for default categories (bmo#1584853)
  • fixed: Calendar: Prevent calendar component loading multiple times (bmo#1606375)
  • fixed: Calendar: Today pane did not retain width between sessions (bmo#1610207)
  • unresolved: When upgrading from Thunderbird version 60 to version 68, add-ons are not automatically updated during the upgrade process. They will however be updated during the add- on update check. It is of course possible to reinstall compatible add-ons via the Add-ons Manager or via addons.thunderbird.net. (bmo#1574183)
  • changed: Calendar: Task and Event tree colours adjusted for the dark theme (bmo#1608344)
  • fixed: Retrieval of S/MIME certificates from LDAP failed (bmo#1604773)
  • fixed: Address-parsing crash on some IMAP servers when preference mail.imap.use_envelope_cmd was set (bmo#1609690)
  • fixed: Incorrect forwarding of HTML messages caused SMTP servers to respond with a timeout (bmo#1222046)
  • fixed: Calendar: Various parts of the calendar UI stopped working when a second Thunderbird window opened (bmo#1608407)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-385=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 (x86_64)
    • MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-68.5.0-3.71.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-68.5.0-3.71.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-68.5.0-3.71.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-68.5.0-3.71.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-68.5.0-3.71.1

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