USN-4241-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description
- thunderbird – Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-17005, CVE-2019-17008, CVE-2019-17010, CVE-2019-17011,
CVE-2019-17012, CVE-2019-17016, CVE-2019-17017, CVE-2019-17022,
CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17026)
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations.
A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11745)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- thunderbird – 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- thunderbird – 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.
References
- CVE-2019-11745
- CVE-2019-17005
- CVE-2019-17008
- CVE-2019-17010
- CVE-2019-17011
- CVE-2019-17012
- CVE-2019-17016
- CVE-2019-17017
- CVE-2019-17022
- CVE-2019-17024
- CVE-2019-17026
Source: USN-4241-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
