Ubuntu 4028-1: Moderate Level Thunderbird Memory Safety Issues

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June 20, 2019

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:

Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user

were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could

potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute

arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu memory safety Thunderbird

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  thunderbird                     1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  thunderbird                     1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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