Gentoo update for Mozilla Thunderbird
| Risk | Critical |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 12 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-15999 CVE-2020-16012 CVE-2020-26951 CVE-2020-26953 CVE-2020-26956 CVE-2020-26958 CVE-2020-26959 CVE-2020-26960 CVE-2020-26961 CVE-2020-26965 CVE-2020-26968 CVE-2020-26970 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-122 CWE-346 CWE-20 CWE-79 CWE-264 CWE-416 CWE-358 CWE-200 CWE-119 CWE-121 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit |
Vulnerability #1 is being exploited in the wild. Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available. |
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Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
| Vendor | Gentoo |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 12 vulnerabilities.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU47741
Risk: Critical
CVSSv3.1: 8.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15999
CWE-ID:
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in freetype library when processing TTF files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted TTF file with PNG sbit glyphs to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Update the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
2) Origin validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU48460
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16012
CWE-ID:
CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to the way browser handles requests to cross-origin images. When drawing a transparent image on top of an unknown cross-origin image, the Skia library drawImage
function takes a variable amount of time depending on the content of the
underlying image. This results in cross-origin information
exposure of image content through timing side-channel attacks.
Update the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.
3) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU48458
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26951
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A parsing and event loading mismatch in Firefox's SVG code could have allowed load events to fire, even after sanitization. An attacker already capable of exploiting an XSS vulnerability in privileged internal pages could have used this attack to bypass the built-in sanitizer.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
4) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations
EUVDB-ID: #VU48461
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26953
CWE-ID: N/A
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the way under certain conditions Firefox enters the fullscreen mode without displaying UI notification. A remote attacker can perform a phishing attack.
Update the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
5) Universal cross-site scripting
EUVDB-ID: #VU48462
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26956
CWE-ID:
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. In some cases, removing HTML elements during sanitization would keep existing SVG event handlers and therefore lead to XSS.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
6) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
EUVDB-ID: #VU48463
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26958
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due Firefox does not block execution of scripts with incorrect MIME types when the response was intercepted and cached through a ServiceWorker. A remote attacker can exploit this behavior to perform a cross-site script inclusion vulnerability or bypass implemented Content Security Policy restrictions.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
7) Use-after-free
EUVDB-ID: #VU48464
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26959
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the WebRequestService component during browser shutdown. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, force the victim to shutdown the browser, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
8) Use-after-free
EUVDB-ID: #VU48465
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26960
CWE-ID:
CWE-416 - Use After Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within nsTArray implementation. If the Compact() method was called on an nsTArray, the array could have been reallocated without updating other pointers. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
9) Improperly implemented security check for standard
EUVDB-ID: #VU48466
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26961
CWE-ID:
CWE-358 - Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a DNS rebinding attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Firefox filters IPv4 mapped IP addresses. When DNS over HTTPS is in use, it intentionally filters RFC1918 and related IP ranges from the responses as these do not make sense coming from a DoH resolver. However when an IPv4 address was mapped through IPv6, these addresses were erroneously let through, leading to a potential DNS Rebinding attack.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
10) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU48469
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26965
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way software keyboards are handled by the Firefox. Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password.
A local user leverage this behavior to gain access to passwords, stored by software keyboards.
Update the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
11) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU48472
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26968
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
12) Stack-based buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU48755
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26970
CWE-ID:
CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing SMTP server responses. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious SMTP server, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
mail-client/thunderbird to version: 78.5.1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin to version: 78.5.1
Gentoo Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
