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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-29970: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2021-1709)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-29970: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2021-1709)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/05/2021
Created
09/20/2021
Added
09/16/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A malicious webpage could have triggered a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. *This bug could only be triggered when accessibility was enabled.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.12, Firefox ESR < 78.12, and Firefox < 90.

Solution(s)

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

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