Security update for MozillaThunderbird

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1157-1
Release Date: 2025-04-07T08:27:15Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-3028 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-3028 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-3029 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-3029 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-3030 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-3030 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues:

  • Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 128.9 MFSA 2025-24 (bsc#1240083)
  • CVE-2025-3028: Use-after-free triggered by XSLTProcessor
  • CVE-2025-3029: URL Bar Spoofing via non-BMP Unicode characters
  • CVE-2025-3030: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 137, Thunderbird 137, Firefox ESR 128.9, and Thunderbird 128.9

Other fixes:

  • new: Thunderbird now has a notification system for real-time desktop alerts
  • fixed: Data corruption occurred when compacting IMAP Drafts folder after saving a message
  • fixed: Right-clicking "Decrypt and Save As..." on an attachment file failed.
  • fixed: Thunderbird could crash when importing mail
  • fixed: Sort indicators were missing on the calendar events list.

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 Package Hub 15 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-1157=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP6-2025-1157=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1157=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x)
    • MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 (x86_64)
    • MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-debugsource-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1
    • MozillaThunderbird-128.9.0-150200.8.206.1

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