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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-38498: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2022-1818)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-38498: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2022-1818)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/03/2021
Created
09/30/2022
Added
09/30/2022
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.

Solution(s)

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

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