DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29986

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29986
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Upstream
Published
2021-08-17T20:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-19T07:31:32.147825Z
Summary
[none]
Details

A suspected race condition when calling getaddrinfo led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Note: This issue only affected Linux operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.13, Thunderbird < 91, Firefox ESR < 78.13, and Firefox < 91.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.13.0esr-1~deb11u1

Affected versions

78.*

78.12.0esr-1
78.13.0esr-1~deb9u1
78.13.0esr-1~deb10u1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.13.0-1~deb11u1

Affected versions

1:78.*

1:78.12.0-1
1:78.13.0-1~deb9u1
1:78.13.0-1~deb10u1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.13.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.13.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.13.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.13.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.13.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.13.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}