USN-5972-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• 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-2023-25152, CVE-2023-28162,
CVE-2023-28176)

Lukas Bernhard discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory
when invalidating JIT code while following an iterator. An attacker could
potentially exploits this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-25751)

Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage
cross-origin iframe when dragging a URL. An attacker could potentially
exploit this issue to perform spoofing attacks. (CVE-2023-28164)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10

• thunderbird - 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• thunderbird - 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• thunderbird - 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• thunderbird - 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2023-25752
• CVE-2023-28164
• CVE-2023-28176
• CVE-2023-28162
• CVE-2023-25751

Related notices

• USN-5954-1
• USN-6120-1