Alpine: thunderbird: security update to 68.9.0-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407342

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- If Thunderbird is configured to use STARTTLS for an IMAP server, and the server sends a PREAUTH response,
then Thunderbird will continue with an unencrypted connection, causing email data to be sent without
protection. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0. (CVE-2020-12398)

- NSS has shown timing differences when performing DSA signatures, which was exploitable and could
eventually leak private keys. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox
ESR < 68.9. (CVE-2020-12399)

- When browsing a malicious page, a race condition in our SharedWorkerService could occur and lead to a
potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox
ESR < 68.9. (CVE-2020-12405)

- Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting
in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This
vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9. (CVE-2020-12406)

- Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8. Some of these
bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have
been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and
Firefox ESR < 68.9. (CVE-2020-12410)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 407342

Version: Revision 1.30

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12410

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12398, CVE-2020-12399, CVE-2020-12405, CVE-2020-12406, CVE-2020-12410

IAVA: 2020-A-0344-S

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