rhsa-2021_3500
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2021-09-13 07:58
Modified
2024-11-22 17:29
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

Notes

Topic
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.14.0. Security Fix(es): * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 92, Firefox ESR 78.14 and Firefox ESR 91.1 (CVE-2021-38493) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use
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