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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

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. (CVE-2024-0746)

Alfred Peters discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory when

storing and re-accessing data on a networki...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu information disclosure thunderbird

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu information disclosure thunderbird

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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