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Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS Moderate: Thunderbird Flaws

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird resolved. Ensure your Ubuntu systems are updated now for enhanced security.
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Software Description:

- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details:

Armin Razmdjou discovered that contents of locally readable files could

be made available via manipulation of form autocomplete in some

circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted

message with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this

to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0822)

Abhishek Arya discovered an out-of-bounds read and write when rendering

SVG content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening

a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could

potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0827)

Paul Bandha discovered a use-after-free in IndexedDB. If a user were

tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled,

an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information exposure ubuntu thunderbird multiple flaws malicious message

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  thunderbird                     1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:31.5.0+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-2506-1

CVE-2015-0822, CVE-2015-0827, CVE-2015-0831, CVE-2015-0836

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March 03, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information exposure ubuntu thunderbird multiple flaws malicious message

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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