Ubuntu 6903-1: Thunderbird Security Advisory Updates
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - 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-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6604) Ronald Crane discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6602) Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory during thread creation. An attacker could potentially exploit this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6603)
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS thunderbird 1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS thunderbird 1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6903-1
CVE-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603,
CVE-2024-6604
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1