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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6405-1 Critical: Thunderbird Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security vulnerabilities resolved in Ubuntu Thunderbird spanning versions 20.04 through 23.04, along with comprehensive update information provided.
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: 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, bypass security restrictions, cross-site tracing, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4057, CVE-2023-4577, CVE-2023-4578, CVE-2023-4583, CVE-2023-4585, CVE-2023-5169, CVE-2023-5171, CVE-2023-5176) Andrew McCreight discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage during the worker lifecycle. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-3600) Harveer Singh discovered that Thunderbird did...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: thunderbird 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6405-1

CVE-2023-3600, CVE-2023-4057, CVE-2023-4577, CVE-2023-4578,

CVE-2023-4580, CVE-2023-4583, CVE-2023-4585, CVE-2023-5169,

CVE-2023-5171, CVE-2023-5176, CVE-2023-5217

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.3.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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