RHSA-2020:0565 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · February 21, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Topic
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 68.5.0.
Security Fix(es):
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Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 73 and Firefox ESR 68.5 (CVE-2020-6800)
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Mozilla: Out-of-bounds read when processing certain email messages (CVE-2020-6793)
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Mozilla: Setting a master password post-Thunderbird 52 does not delete unencrypted previously stored passwords (CVE-2020-6794)
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Mozilla: Crash processing S/MIME messages with multiple signatures (CVE-2020-6795)
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Mozilla: Incorrect parsing of template tag could result in JavaScript injection (CVE-2020-6798)
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Mozilla: Message ID calculation was based on uninitialized data (CVE-2020-6792)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.