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Ubuntu: 2020:4241-1 critical: Thunderbird Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities resolved in Thunderbird for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 19.10. Make sure to update your system right away.
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 security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were

tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,

an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,

conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2019-17005, CVE-2019-17008, CVE-2019-17010, CVE-2019-17011,

CVE-2019-17012, CVE-2019-17016, CVE-2019-17017, CVE-2019-17022,

CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17026)

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations.

A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of

service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11745)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution cross-site scripting Ubuntu multiple issues thunderbird

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  thunderbird                     1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4241-1

CVE-2019-11745, CVE-2019-17005, CVE-2019-17008, CVE-2019-17010,

CVE-2019-17011, CVE-2019-17012, CVE-2019-17016, CVE-2019-17017,

CVE-2019-17022, CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17026

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January 16, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution cross-site scripting Ubuntu multiple issues thunderbird

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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