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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.0599
USN-3897-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
27 February 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: thunderbird
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Increased Privileges -- Remote with User Interaction
Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-5785 CVE-2018-18509 CVE-2018-18505
CVE-2018-18501 CVE-2018-18500 CVE-2018-18356
CVE-2016-5824
Reference: ASB-2019.0055
ASB-2017.0219
ESB-2019.0556
ESB-2019.0527
ESB-2019.0479.2
Original Bulletin:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/
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USN-3897-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
26 February 2019
thunderbird vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 18.10
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description
o thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details
A use-after-free was discovered in libical. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted ICS calendar file, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5824)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially
exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-18356, CVE-2018-18500, CVE-2019-5785)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker
could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, gain additional
privileges by escaping the sandbox, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18501,
CVE-2018-18505)
An issue was discovered with S/MIME signature verification in some
circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this by spoofing
signatures for arbitrary content. (CVE-2018-18509)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 18.10
thunderbird - 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the
necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2016-5824
o CVE-2018-18356
o CVE-2018-18500
o CVE-2018-18501
o CVE-2018-18505
o CVE-2018-18509
o CVE-2019-5785
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