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Ubuntu 11.04 USN-1367-3 Critical: Thunderbird Program Crash and DoS

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Thunderbird could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1367-3
February 17, 2012

thunderbird vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Thunderbird could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details:

USN-1367-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libpng. This provides the corresponding
update for Thunderbird.

Original advisory details:
 
 Jueri Aedla discovered that libpng did not properly verify the size used
 when allocating memory during chunk decompression. If a user or automated
 system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image,
 an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute
 code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-3026)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.04:
  thunderbird                     3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
  thunderbird                     3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1367-3
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1367-1
  CVE-2011-3026, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/933399

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1



Ubuntu 11.04 USN-1367-3 Critical: Thunderbird Program Crash and DoS

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Safeguard your system: Upgrade Thunderbird following USN-1367-3 notification to resolve a significant vulnerability affecting multiple Ubuntu editions.
Thunderbird could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: thunderbird 3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 Ubuntu 10.10: thunderbird 3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: thunderbird 3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1367-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1367-1

CVE-2011-3026, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/933399

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February 17, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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