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From: Chris Coulson
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To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Message-ID: <2d3a4564-9c53-e65d-ebed-beb015da76e5@canonical.com>
Subject: [USN-3023-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3023-1
July 18, 2016
thunderbird vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description:
- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details:
It was discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled memory allocation. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1951)
Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Tyson Smith, Timothy Nikkel,
Sylvestre Ledru, Julian Seward, Olli Pettay, and Karl Tomlinson,
discovered multiple memory safety issues 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 via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2818)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 15.10:
thunderbird 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:45.2.0+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-3023-1
CVE-2016-1951, CVE-2016-2818
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
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