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Ubuntu 21.10: USN-5132-1 Moderate: Thunderbird Denial Of Service Threats

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in Thunderbird have been resolved within Ubuntu 21.10. Important update guidance provided for all users.
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 into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an

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

spoof another origin, or execute arbitrary code.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu update instructions thunderbird

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10:
  thunderbird                     1:91.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5132-1

CVE-2021-32810, CVE-2021-38496, CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498,

CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501

November 03, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service code execution Ubuntu update instructions thunderbird

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:91.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

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