Ubuntu Security Notice 1758-2 - USN-1758-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the corresponding update for Thunderbird. It was discovered that Firefox contained a memory safety issue. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted page with the HTML editor, a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1758-2
March 13, 2013
thunderbird vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Thunderbird could be made to crash or run programs as your login.
Software Description:
- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details:
USN-1758-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding update for Thunderbird.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Firefox contained a memory safety issue. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted page with the HTML editor, a
remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.10:
thunderbird 17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
thunderbird 17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Ubuntu 11.10:
thunderbird 17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
thunderbird 17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1758-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1758-1
CVE-2013-0787
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1