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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5972-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5972-1
Posted Mar 27, 2023
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 5972-1 - 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. 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.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2023-25751, CVE-2023-28164, CVE-2023-28176
SHA-256 | e5f3cee46373b48c3b21ce235d96b3a6bd98f17beb54b9cc7bfaf5a94b2aa79c

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5972-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5972-1
March 27, 2023

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

- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Software Description:
- 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 LTS:
thunderbird 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5972-1
CVE-2023-25751, CVE-2023-25752, CVE-2023-28162, CVE-2023-28164,
CVE-2023-28176

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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