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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Update: Thunderbird Security Issues

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2024
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Recent updates for Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 LTS have resolved several vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. Discover the essential improvements and their implications.
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-2024-7521, CVE-2024-7526,

CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7529, CVE-2024-8382)

It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain memory

operations when processing graphics shared memory. An attacker could

potentially exploit this issue to escape the sandbox. (CVE-2024-7519)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly check an

attribute value in the editor component, leading to an out-of-bounds read

vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service or e...

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu thunderbird sensitive data sandbox escape

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6995-1

CVE-2024-7519, CVE-2024-7521, CVE-2024-7522, CVE-2024-7525,

CVE-2024-7526, CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7529, CVE-2024-8381,

CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8384

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6995-1

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu thunderbird sensitive data sandbox escape

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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