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Red Hat: CVE-2021-43528: CVE-2021-43528 Mozilla: JavaScript unexpectedly enabled for the composition area (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-43528: CVE-2021-43528 Mozilla: JavaScript unexpectedly enabled for the composition area (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/08/2021
Created
12/13/2021
Added
12/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debugsource

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