thunderbird vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description
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, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5125, CVE-2018-5127, CVE-2018-5129, CVE-2018-5144, CVE-2018-5145, CVE-2018-5146)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
thunderbird - 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description
- thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
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, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5125, CVE-2018-5127, CVE-2018-5129, CVE-2018-5144, CVE-2018-5145, CVE-2018-5146)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
thunderbird - 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...