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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6669-1 Critical: Multiple Thunderbird Issues Exploits

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities in Thunderbird necessitate updates throughout Ubuntu versions. Ensure you are protected with the newest patches.
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - 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-2024-0741, CVE-2024-0742, CVE-2024-0747, CVE-2024-0749, CVE-2024-0750, CVE-2024-0751, CVE-2024-0753, CVE-2024-0755, CVE-2024-1547, CVE-2024-1548, CVE-2024-1549, CVE-2024-1550, CVE-2024-1553) Cornel Ionce discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory when opening the print preview dialog. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (C...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: thunderbird 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6669-1

CVE-2024-0741, CVE-2024-0742, CVE-2024-0746, CVE-2024-0747,

CVE-2024-0749, CVE-2024-0750, CVE-2024-0751, CVE-2024-0753,

CVE-2024-0755, CVE-2024-1546, CVE-2024-1547, CVE-2024-1548,

CVE-2024-1549, CVE-2024-1550, CVE-2024-1551, CVE-2024-1552,

CVE-2024-1553

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6669-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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