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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6995-1
September 09, 2024<\/p>\n
thunderbird vulnerabilities
==========================================================================<\/p>\n
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n
– 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-2024-7521, CVE-2024-7526,
CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7529, CVE-2024-8382)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain memory
operations when processing graphics shared memory. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to escape the sandbox. (CVE-2024-7519)<\/p>\n
Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly check an
attribute value in the editor component, leading to an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-7522)<\/p>\n
Rob Wu discovered that Thunderbird did not properly check permissions when
creating a StreamFilter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
modify response body of requests on any site using a web extension.
(CVE-2024-7525)<\/p>\n
Nils Bars discovered that Thunderbird contained a type confusion
vulnerability when performing certain property name lookups. An attacker
could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8381)<\/p>\n
It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory during
garbage collection. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to
cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-8384)<\/p>\n
Update instructions:<\/p>\n
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
thunderbird 1:115.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1<\/p>\n
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
thunderbird 1:115.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1<\/p>\n
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n
References:
https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/security\/notices\/USN-6995-1
CVE-2024-7519, CVE-2024-7521, CVE-2024-7522, CVE-2024-7525,
CVE-2024-7526, CVE-2024-7527, CVE-2024-7529, CVE-2024-8381,
CVE-2024-8382, CVE-2024-8384<\/p>\n
Package Information:
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/thunderbird\/1:115.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/thunderbird\/1:115.15.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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