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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2250-1 Critical: Thunderbird DoS Issues

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Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2250-1
June 19, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

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

Details:

Gary Kwong, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Hannes Verschore, Jan de
Mooij, Ryan VanderMeulen, Jeff Walden and Kyle Huey discovered multiple
memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1533)

Abhishek Arya discovered multiple use-after-free and out-of-bounds read
issues in Thunderbird. If a user had enabled scripting, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash or execute arbitrary code with the priviliges of the user invoking
Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1538)

A use-after-free was discovered in the SMIL animation controller. If a
user had enabled scripting, an attacker could potentially exploit this
to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary
code with the priviliges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1541)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  thunderbird                     1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2250-1
  CVE-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1328003

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2250-1 Critical: Thunderbird DoS Issues

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 19, 2014
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Important notice concerning security flaws in Thunderbird on Ubuntu. Updates focus on rectifying memory integrity and possible Denial of Service situations.
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 Ubuntu 13.10: thunderbird 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2250-1

CVE-2014-1533, CVE-2014-1538, CVE-2014-1541, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1328003

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June 19, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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