Ubuntu alert USN-3897-1 (thunderbird)
| From: | Chris Coulson <chris.coulson@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-3897-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:09:49 +0000 | |
| Message-ID: | <e15956bc-a02c-5c63-24ee-1dc16d13cc17@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3897-1 February 26, 2019 thunderbird vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird. Software Description: - 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 After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3897-1 CVE-2016-5824, CVE-2018-18356, CVE-2018-18500, CVE-2018-18501, CVE-2018-18505, CVE-2018-18509, CVE-2019-5785 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.5.1... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.5.1... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.5.1... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.5.1... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...