USN-605-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
6 May 2008
mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software Description
- thunderbird
- mozilla-thunderbird
Details
Various flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user had JavaScript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious email, an attacker could escalate privileges within Thunderbird, perform cross-site scripting attacks and/or execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. (CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1235)
Several problems were discovered in Thunderbird which could lead to crashes and memory corruption. If a user had JavaScript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious email, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. (CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- thunderbird - 2.0.0.14+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
- Ubuntu 7.10
- thunderbird - 2.0.0.14+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.0
- Ubuntu 7.04
- mozilla-thunderbird - 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080417a-0ubuntu0.7.04.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- mozilla-thunderbird - 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080417a-0ubuntu0.6.06.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Thunderbird to effect the necessary changes.