CVE-2021-38496 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2021-38496: During operations on MessageTasks, a task may have been removed while it was still scheduled, resulting in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.15, Thunderbird < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 78.15, and Firefox < 93.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 23 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2021-38496 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in78.15.0esr-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:91.4.1-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in91.2.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:91.2.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

firefox-esr→ fixed in91.2.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:91.2.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in91.2.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in93.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

thunderbird→ fixed in91.3.2-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in91.2.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in93.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

librewolf→ fixed in93.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade librewolf

thunderbird→ fixed in91.3.2-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in91.2.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in93.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

librewolf→ fixed in93.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade librewolf

thunderbird→ fixed in91.3.2-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in91.2.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in93.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

thunderbird→ fixed in91.3.2-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in91.2.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in93.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

thunderbird→ fixed in91.3.2-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

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