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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-5178) (Multiple Advisories): thunderbird security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-5178) (Multiple Advisories): thunderbird security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/09/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/15/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird

References

  • ELSA-2018-1726
  • USN-3660-1
  • DSA-4199
  • DSA-4209
  • CVE-2018-5178

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