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Ubuntu 11.04 USN-1122-3: Thunderbird Menu Bar Fix and Updates

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A recent patch for Ubuntu 11.04 fixes a Thunderbird issue that resulted in a blank menu bar following earlier updates.
An empty menu bar sometimes appeared after upgrade in USN-1122-2

Summary

An empty menu bar sometimes appeared after upgrade in USN-1122-2

Software Description:

- thunderbird: mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support

Details:

USN-1122-2 fixed vulnerabilities in Thunderbird on Ubuntu 11.04. A

regression was introduced which caused Thunderbird to display an empty menu

bar. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that there was a vulnerability in the memory handling of

certain types of content. An attacker could exploit this to possibly run

arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-0081)

It was discovered that Thunderbird incorrectly handled certain JavaScript

requests. If JavaScript were enabled, an attacker could exploit this to

possibly run arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird.

(CVE-2011-0069)

Ian Beer discovered a vulnerability in the memory handling of a certain

types of documents. An attacker c...

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security advisory software update memory issue ubuntu thunderbird

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
  thunderbird-globalmenu          3.1.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2

After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/777619

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June 06, 2011

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security advisory software update memory issue ubuntu thunderbird

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/3.1.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2

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