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Ubuntu 23.04: USN-6333-1 Critical: Multiple Thunderbird Exploits

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities in Thunderbird on Ubuntu have been resolved, improving email security. Users are urged to update.
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird. Software Description: - thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client Details: Junsung Lee discovered that Thunderbird did not properly validate the text direction override unicode character in filenames. An attacker could potentially exploits this issue by spoofing file extension while attaching a file in emails. (CVE-2023-3417) Max Vlasov discovered that Thunderbird Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to access image data from another site in violation of same-origin policy. (CVE-2023-4045) Alexander Guryanov discovered that Thunderbird did not properly update the value of a global variable in WASM JIT analysis in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of s...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: thunderbird 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6333-1

CVE-2023-3417, CVE-2023-4045, CVE-2023-4046, CVE-2023-4047,

CVE-2023-4048, CVE-2023-4049, CVE-2023-4050, CVE-2023-4055,

CVE-2023-4056

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6333-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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