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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0427
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0427)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird, thunderbird-l10n' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0427 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird, thunderbird-l10n' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0427 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Mozilla developers Tyson Smith and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety
bugs present in Thunderbird ESR 78.13. Some of these bugs showed evidence
of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these
could have been exploited to run arbitrary code (CVE-2021-38493).

The thunderbird package has been updated to the 91 branch. See the
upstream release notes for details.

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird, thunderbird-l10n' package(s) on Mageia 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-38493
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1723391%2C1724101%2C1724107
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/
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