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 Severity: High
    Title: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: February 20, 2017
     Bugs: #607310
       ID: 201702-13

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Thunderbird, the
worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source email client from the
Mozilla project.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  mail-client/thunderbird      < 45.7.0                  >= 45.7.0
  2  mail-client/thunderbird-bin
                                  < 45.7.0                  >= 45.7.0
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted email
or web page, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges
of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Mozilla Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/thunderbird-45.7.0"=


All Mozilla Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest
version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-client/thunderbird-bin-45.7.0"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-5373
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5373
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-5375
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5375
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-5376
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5376
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-5378
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5378
[ 5 ] CVE-2017-5380
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5380
[ 6 ] CVE-2017-5383
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5383
[ 7 ] CVE-2017-5390
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5390
[ 8 ] CVE-2017-5396
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5396
[ 9 ] Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-03
      https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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