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Ubuntu 7066-1: Thunderbird Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2024
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Thunderbird security advisory USN-7066-1 addresses a critical arbitrary code execution risk in Ubuntu's email client.
Thunderbird could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Thunderbird could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially

crafted file.

Software Description:

- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details:

Damien Schaeffer discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage

certain memory operations when processing content in the Animation

timelines. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to achieve

arbitrary code execution.

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Topics Covered

No topics assigned

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.16.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.16.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7066-1

CVE-2024-9680

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7066-1

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Topics Covered

No topics assigned

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.16.0+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.16.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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