RHSA-2020:0577

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2020-02-24 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:07
Summary
security update for thunderbird
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for thunderbird
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2020:0577. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0577.
Patchnames: RHSA-2020:0577
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-2020-6792
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:thunderbird-0:68.5.0-1.el8_1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-6793
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-6792
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-6794
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-6792
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-6795
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-6792
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-6798
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-6792
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-6800
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2020-6792
Threats
Impact important
References
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