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USN-5663-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the mouse pointer position, obtain sensitive information, spoof the contents of the addressbar, bypass security restrictions, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2505, CVE-2022-36318, CVE-2022-36319, CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38476 CVE-2022-38477, CVE-2022-38478) Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit these in order to determine when a user opens a specially crafted message. (CVE-2022-3032, CVE-2022-3034) It was discovered that Thunderbird did not correctly handle HTML messages that contain a meta tag in some circumstances. If a user were tricked into replying to a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-3033) A security issue was discovered [ more… ]

USN-5371-3: nginx vulnerability USN-5371-1 and USN-5371-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in nginx. This update provides the corresponding update for CVE-2020-11724 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. This issue was fixed for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-11724) It was discovered that nginx Lua module mishandled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose sensitive information. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-36309) It was discovered that nginx mishandled the use of compatible certificates among multiple encryption protocols. If a remote attacker were able to intercept the communication, this issue could be used to redirect traffic between subdomains. (CVE-2021-3618) Source: USN-5371-3: nginx vulnerability