SB2020090731 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for thunderbird
Published: September 7, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15664)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Firefox handles prompts. By holding a reference to the eval() function from an
about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have gained access to the
InstallTrigger object which would allow them to prompt the user to
install an extension. Combined with user confusion, this could result in
an unintended or malicious extension being installed.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15669)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when aborting operations in browser. 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.