Ubuntu Security Update USN-4028-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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thunderbird vulnerabilities


A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary


Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Software Description

• thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details


Multiple memory safety issues were discovered in 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, or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions


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

Ubuntu 19.04
thunderbird - 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
Ubuntu 18.10
thunderbird - 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
thunderbird - 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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

• CVE-2019-11703
• CVE-2019-11704
• CVE-2019-11705
• CVE-2019-11706

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