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Centos Linux: CVE-2020-26959: Important: thunderbird security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Centos Linux: CVE-2020-26959: Important: thunderbird security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/30/2020
Created
12/02/2020
Added
12/01/2020
Modified
12/14/2020

Description

During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-firefox
  • centos-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-firefox-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-thunderbird
  • centos-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

References

  • CVE-2020-26959

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