========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1823-1 May 14, 2013 thunderbird vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 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 the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1669) Cody Crews discovered that some constructors could be used to bypass restrictions enforced by their Chrome Object Wrapper (COW). If a user had scripting enabled, an attacker could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-1670) A use-after-free was discovered when resizing video content whilst it is playing. If a user had scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-1674) It was discovered that some DOMSVGZoomEvent functions could be used without being properly initialized, which could lead to information leakage. (CVE-2013-1675) Abhishek Arya discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If the user were tricked into opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2013-1676, CVE-2013-1677, CVE-2013-1678, CVE-2013-1679, CVE-2013-1680, CVE-2013-1681) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: thunderbird 17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 Ubuntu 12.10: thunderbird 17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: thunderbird 17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1823-1 CVE-2013-0801, CVE-2013-1669, CVE-2013-1670, CVE-2013-1674, CVE-2013-1675, CVE-2013-1676, CVE-2013-1677, CVE-2013-1678, CVE-2013-1679, CVE-2013-1680, CVE-2013-1681, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1178649 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1