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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.0194
USN-4241-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
17 January 2020
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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
Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-17026 CVE-2019-17024 CVE-2019-17022
CVE-2019-17017 CVE-2019-17016 CVE-2019-17012
CVE-2019-17011 CVE-2019-17010 CVE-2019-17008
CVE-2019-17005 CVE-2019-11745
Reference: ESB-2020.0184
ESB-2020.0152
ESB-2020.0078
ESB-2019.4613
ESB-2019.4555
Original Bulletin:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1/
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USN-4241-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
16 January 2020
thunderbird vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 19.10
o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description
o thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details
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, conduct
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-17005,
CVE-2019-17008, CVE-2019-17010, CVE-2019-17011, CVE-2019-17012, CVE-2019-17016,
CVE-2019-17017, CVE-2019-17022, CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17026)
It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A
remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11745)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
thunderbird - 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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-2019-11745
o CVE-2019-17005
o CVE-2019-17008
o CVE-2019-17010
o CVE-2019-17011
o CVE-2019-17012
o CVE-2019-17016
o CVE-2019-17017
o CVE-2019-17022
o CVE-2019-17024
o CVE-2019-17026
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