USN-3868-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 January 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.


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,
bypass same-origin restrictions, or execute arbitrary code.

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,
bypass same-origin restrictions, or execute arbitrary code.

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
18.10 cosmic thunderbird –  1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 bionic thunderbird –  1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 xenial thunderbird –  1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty thunderbird –  1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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