Ubuntu 6405-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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 not store push notifications in private browsing mode in encrypted form. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-4580) Clément Lecigne discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory when handling VP8 media stream. An attacker-controlled VP8 media stream could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5217)
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