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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-7193-1: Moderate XSS vulnerability in Thunderbird

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-7193-1 validates vulnerability in Thunderbird that could lead to security oversight; please update immediately.
Thunderbird could be made to bypass security restrictions.

Summary

Thunderbird could be made to bypass security restrictions.

Software Description:

- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details:

Masato Kinugawa discovered that Thunderbird did not properly validate the

CSP policy in the Web Compatibility extension. An attacker could

potentially exploit this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack.

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Topics Covered

security advisory cross-site scripting Ubuntu update instructions thunderbird bypass

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  thunderbird                     1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7193-1

CVE-2024-11694

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7193-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory cross-site scripting Ubuntu update instructions thunderbird bypass

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.18.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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