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Ubuntu 20.04 & 18.04 LTS USN-5248-1: Moderate Thunderbird Security Issues

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Calendar Grey January 21, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Explore the USN-5248-1 security bulletin outlining multiple Thunderbird security issues in Ubuntu. Immediate upgrade recommended.
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,

obtain sensitive information, trick a user into accepting unwanted

permissions, conduct header splitting attacks, conduct spoofing attacks,

bypass security restrictions, confuse the user, or execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140, CVE-2021-29981, CVE-2021-29982,

CVE-2021-29987, CVE-2021-29991, CVE-2021-38495, CVE-2021-38496,

CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498, CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501,

CVE-2021-38503, CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507,

CVE-2021-38508, CVE-2021-38509, CVE-2021-43534, CVE-2021-43535,

CVE-2021-43536, CVE-2021-43537, CVE-2021-43538, CVE-2021-43539,

CVE-2021-43541...

Read the Full Advisory

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update buffer overflow Ubuntu thunderbird privacy risk

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References

CVE-2021-29981, CVE-2021-29982, CVE-2021-29987, CVE-2021-29991,

CVE-2021-38495, CVE-2021-38496, CVE-2021-38497, CVE-2021-38498,

CVE-2021-38500, CVE-2021-38501, CVE-2021-38502, CVE-2021-38503,

CVE-2021-38504, CVE-2021-38506, CVE-2021-38507, CVE-2021-38508,

CVE-2021-38509, CVE-2021-4126, CVE-2021-4129, CVE-2021-4140,

CVE-2021-43528, CVE-2021-43534, CVE-2021-43535, CVE-2021-43536,

CVE-2021-43537, CVE-2021-43538, CVE-2021-43539, CVE-2021-43541,

CVE-2021-43542, CVE-2021-43543, CVE-2021-43545, CVE-2021-43546,

CVE-2021-44538, CVE-2022-22737, CVE-2022-22738, CVE-2022-22739,

CVE-2022-22740, CVE-2022-22741, CVE-2022-22742, CVE-2022-22743,

CVE-2022-22745, CVE-2022-22747, CVE-2022-22748, CVE-2022-22751

January 21, 2022

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update buffer overflow Ubuntu thunderbird privacy risk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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