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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-26978: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2021-1586)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-26978: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2021-1586)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/08/2021
Created
01/09/2021
Added
01/08/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

Using techniques that built on the slipstream research, a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84, Thunderbird < 78.6, and Firefox ESR < 78.6.

Solution(s)

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

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