==========================================================================
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6840-1
June 19, 2024<\/p>\n
thunderbird vulnerabilities
==========================================================================<\/p>\n
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n
– Ubuntu 23.10
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 20.04 LTS<\/p>\n
Summary:<\/p>\n
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.<\/p>\n
Software Description:
– thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client<\/p>\n
Details:<\/p>\n
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-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690,
CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702)<\/p>\n
Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly validate the
X-Frame-Options header inside sandboxed iframe. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new
window. (CVE-2024-5691)<\/p>\n
Kirtikumar Anandrao Ramchandani discovered that Thunderbird did not properly
track cross-origin tainting in Offscreen Canvas. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to access image data from another site in
violation of same-origin policy. (CVE-2024-5693)<\/p>\n
Update instructions:<\/p>\n
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 23.10
thunderbird 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
thunderbird 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
thunderbird 1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1<\/p>\n
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n
References:
https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/security\/notices\/USN-6840-1
CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690, CVE-2024-5691, CVE-2024-5693,
CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702<\/p>\n
Package Information:
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/thunderbird\/1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/thunderbird\/1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/thunderbird\/1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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