Packages
- thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details
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,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5470, CVE-2017-5472,
CVE-2017-7749, CVE-2017-7750, CVE-2017-7751, CVE-2017-7752, CVE-2017-7754,
CVE-2017-7756, CVE-2017-7757, CVE-2017-7758, CVE-2017-7764)
Multiple security issues were discovered in the Graphite 2 library...
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,
read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5470, CVE-2017-5472,
CVE-2017-7749, CVE-2017-7750, CVE-2017-7751, CVE-2017-7752, CVE-2017-7754,
CVE-2017-7756, CVE-2017-7757, CVE-2017-7758, CVE-2017-7764)
Multiple security issues were discovered in the Graphite 2 library used
by 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, read uninitialized memory, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-7771, CVE-2017-7772, CVE-2017-7773, CVE-2017-7774, CVE-2017-7775,
CVE-2017-7776, CVE-2017-7777, CVE-2017-7778)
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.04 zesty | thunderbird – 1:52.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 | ||
| 16.10 yakkety | thunderbird – 1:52.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 | ||
| 16.04 xenial | thunderbird – 1:52.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | ||
| 14.04 trusty | thunderbird – 1:52.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | ||
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References
- CVE-2017-7778
- CVE-2017-7777
- CVE-2017-7776
- CVE-2017-7775
- CVE-2017-7774
- CVE-2017-7773
- CVE-2017-7772
- CVE-2017-7771
- CVE-2017-7764
- CVE-2017-7758
- CVE-2017-7778
- CVE-2017-7777
- CVE-2017-7776
- CVE-2017-7775
- CVE-2017-7774
- CVE-2017-7773
- CVE-2017-7772
- CVE-2017-7771
- CVE-2017-7764
- CVE-2017-7758
- CVE-2017-7757
- CVE-2017-7756
- CVE-2017-7754
- CVE-2017-7752
- CVE-2017-7751
- CVE-2017-7750
- CVE-2017-7749
- CVE-2017-5472
- CVE-2017-5470