OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2022-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2020-11-25 20:10 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:17
Summary
Security update for MozillaThunderbird
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for MozillaThunderbird
Description of the patch: This update for MozillaThunderbird fixes the following issues: - Mozilla Thunderbird 78.4.2 MFSA 2020-49 (bsc#1178611) * CVE-2020-26950 (bmo#1675905) Write side effects in MCallGetProperty opcode not accounted for - Mozilla Thunderbird 78.4.1 * new: Thunderbird prompts for an address to use when starting an email from an address book entry with multiple addresses (bmo#84028) * fixed: Searching global search results did not work (bmo#1664761) * fixed: Link location was not focused by default when adding a hyperlink in message composer (bmo#1670660) * fixed: Advanced address book search dialog was unusable (bmo#1668147) * fixed: Encrypted draft reply emails lost 'Re:' prefix (bmo#1661510) * fixed: Replying to a newsgroup message did not open the compose window (bmo#1672667) * fixed: Unable to delete multiple newsgroup messages (bmo#1657988) * fixed: Appmenu displayed visual glitches (bmo#1636243) * fixed: Visual glitches when selecting multiple messages in the message pane and using Ctrl+click (bmo#1671800) * fixed: Switching between dark and light mode could lead to unreadable text on macOS (bmo#1668989) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Patchnames: openSUSE-2020-2022
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2020-26950
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.2:MozillaThunderbird-0:78.4.2-lp152.2.16.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.2:MozillaThunderbird-translations-common-0:78.4.2-lp152.2.16.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.2:MozillaThunderbird-translations-other-0:78.4.2-lp152.2.16.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
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