USN-3529-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
29 January 2018
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Releases
Packages
- thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details
It was discovered that a From address encoded with a null character is
cut off in the message header display. An attacker could potentially
exploit this to spoof the sender address. (CVE-2017-7829)
It was discovered that it is possible to execute JavaScript in RSS feeds
in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted RSS feed, an attacker could potentially exploit this in
combination with another vulnerability, in order to cause unspecified
problems. (CVE-2017-7846)
It was discovered that the RSS feed can leak local path names. If a user
were tricked in to opening a specially crafted RSS feed, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-7847)
It was discovered that RSS feeds are vulnerable to new line injection. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted RSS feed, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause unspecified problems.
(CVE-2017-7848)
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,
execute arbitrary code, or cause other unspecified effects.
(CVE-2018-5089, CVE-2018-5095, CVE-2018-5096, CVE-2018-5097,
CVE-2018-5098, CVE-2018-5099, CVE-2018-5102, CVE-2018-5103, CVE-2018-5104,
CVE-2018-5117)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-3544-1: firefox-locale-csb, firefox-locale-nb, firefox-locale-fy, firefox-locale-is, firefox-locale-sr, firefox-mozsymbols, firefox-locale-hu, firefox-locale-he, firefox-locale-af, firefox-locale-gd, firefox-locale-cy, firefox-locale-ast, firefox-locale-ko, firefox-locale-da, firefox-locale-eu, firefox-locale-it, firefox-globalmenu, firefox-locale-bs, firefox-locale-pa, firefox-locale-gn, firefox-locale-fa, firefox-locale-km, firefox-locale-eo, firefox-locale-pt, firefox-locale-hsb, firefox-locale-zh-hans, firefox-locale-sk, firefox-locale-ne, firefox-locale-en, firefox-locale-ca, firefox-locale-mn, firefox-locale-as, firefox-locale-sq, firefox-locale-zh-hant, firefox, firefox-locale-nn, firefox-locale-ga, firefox-locale-ur, firefox-locale-bg, firefox-locale-hi, firefox-locale-kk, firefox-locale-uz, firefox-locale-lv, firefox-locale-ja, firefox-locale-cak, firefox-locale-mai, firefox-locale-el, firefox-locale-vi, firefox-locale-nso, firefox-locale-id, firefox-locale-be, firefox-locale-tr, firefox-locale-ka, firefox-locale-hr, firefox-locale-an, firefox-locale-lg, firefox-locale-or, firefox-locale-sl, firefox-testsuite, firefox-locale-hy, firefox-locale-pl, firefox-locale-nl, firefox-locale-sv, firefox-locale-ru, firefox-locale-uk, firefox-locale-mr, firefox-locale-fr, firefox-locale-es, firefox-locale-br, firefox-locale-ro, firefox-locale-kab, firefox-locale-ms, firefox-locale-gu, firefox-locale-zu, firefox-locale-te, firefox-dev, firefox-locale-ml, firefox-locale-xh, firefox-locale-et, firefox-locale-cs, firefox-locale-kn, firefox-locale-fi, firefox-locale-gl, firefox-locale-bn, firefox-locale-sw, firefox-locale-mk, firefox-locale-oc, firefox-locale-lt, firefox-locale-ar, firefox-locale-si, firefox-locale-ku, firefox-locale-th, firefox-locale-az, firefox-locale-my, firefox-locale-ta, firefox-locale-de
- USN-3688-1: libmozjs-52-dev, mozjs52, libmozjs-52-0