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Ubuntu 21.10 USN-5393-1 Critical: Thunderbird DoS Threats

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities addressed in Thunderbird for Ubuntu versions. Enhancements promote user confidence and operational efficiency.
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,

conduct spoofing attacks, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1097,

CVE-2022-1196, CVE-2022-28281, CVE-2022-28282, CVE-2022-28285,

CVE-2022-28286, CVE-2022-28289)

It was discovered that Thunderbird ignored OpenPGP revocation when

importing a revoked key in some circumstances. An attacker could

potentially exploit this by tricking the user into trusting the

authenticity of a message or tricking them into use a revoked key to

send an encrypted message. (CVE-2022-1197)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu thunderbird

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10:
  thunderbird                     1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  thunderbird                     1:91.8.1+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-5393-1

CVE-2022-1097, CVE-2022-1196, CVE-2022-1197, CVE-2022-28281,

CVE-2022-28282, CVE-2022-28285, CVE-2022-28286, CVE-2022-28289

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April 27, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu thunderbird

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:91.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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