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Ubuntu 20.04: 4373-1 Critical: Thunderbird Code Execution

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent update for Thunderbird on Ubuntu rectifies various security flaws; refer to the comprehensive update information and vulnerability specifics below.
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service update code execution ubuntu thunderbird spoofing

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 Ubuntu 19.10: thunderbird 1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.10.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4373-1

CVE-2020-12387, CVE-2020-12392, CVE-2020-12395, CVE-2020-12397,

CVE-2020-6831

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May 26, 2020

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security advisory denial of service update code execution ubuntu thunderbird spoofing

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.19.10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

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