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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Advisory 6903-1: Thunderbird Threats and Fixes

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential patches for Thunderbird vulnerabilities have been issued for Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04 LTS. It's recommended to update promptly to ensure optimal system safety and performance.
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-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601,

CVE-2024-6604)

Ronald Crane discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain

memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this

issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6602)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory

during thread creation. An attacker could potentially exploit this

issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2024-6603)

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6903-1

CVE-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603,

CVE-2024-6604

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6903-1

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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