MGASA-2016-0254

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    MGASA-2016-0254

    Published: 14 Jul 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated thunderbird packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird (CVE-2016-2805, CVE-2016-2807, CVE-2016-2818). This update provides the next stable branch of Thunderbird, version 45.2.0.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0254.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18616, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-39/, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-49/, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/45.0/releasenotes/, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/45.1.0/releasenotes/, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/45.1.1/releasenotes/, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/45.2.0/releasenotes/, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1041.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1392.html, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: thunderbird

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/thunderbird?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -45.2.0-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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