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Ubuntu 23.10 Moderate: USN-6717-1 ThunderBird Fixes for Security Issues

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities in Thunderbird patched with updates for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 23.10 LTS versions.
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-2024-0743, CVE-2024-2611,

CVE-2024-2614)

Hubert Kario discovered that Thunderbird had a timing side-channel when

performing RSA decryption. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to recover sensitive information. (CVE-2023-5388)

Gary Kwong discovered that Thunderbird incorrectly updated return

registers for JIT code on Armv7-A systems. An attacker could potentially

exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-2607)

Ronald Crane discovered that Thunderbird did not proper...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information disclosure ubuntu thunderbird

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10:
   thunderbird                     1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   thunderbird                     1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   thunderbird                     1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6717-1

CVE-2023-5388, CVE-2024-0743, CVE-2024-2607, CVE-2024-2608,

CVE-2024-2610, CVE-2024-2611, CVE-2024-2612, CVE-2024-2614,

CVE-2024-2616

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6717-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information disclosure ubuntu thunderbird

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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