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MFSA2020-56 Thunderbird: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.6 (CVE-2020-26978)

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MFSA2020-56 Thunderbird: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.6 (CVE-2020-26978)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/15/2020
Created
12/16/2020
Added
12/16/2020
Modified
01/14/2021

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)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-78_6

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