Ubuntu Security Notice 6214-1 - 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. P Umar Farooq discovered that Thunderbird did not properly provide warning when opening Diagcab files. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious Diagcab file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6214-1
July 11, 2023
thunderbird vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description:
- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details:
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-2023-34414, CVE-2023-34416,
CVE-2023-37201, CVE-2023-37202, CVE-2023-37207, CVE-2023-37211)
P Umar Farooq discovered that Thunderbird did not properly provide warning
when opening Diagcab files. If a user were tricked into opening a
malicicous Diagcab file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-37208)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04:
thunderbird 1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
Ubuntu 22.10:
thunderbird 1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6214-1
CVE-2023-34414, CVE-2023-34416, CVE-2023-37201, CVE-2023-37202,
CVE-2023-37207, CVE-2023-37208, CVE-2023-37211
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.23.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1