USN-1367-3: Thunderbird vulnerability

Packages

thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details

USN-1367-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libpng. This provides the corresponding
update for Thunderbird.

Original advisory details:

Jueri Aedla discovered that libpng did not properly verify the size used
when allocating memory during chunk decompression. If a user or automated
system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image,
an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute
code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-3026)

USN-1367-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libpng. This provides the corresponding
update for Thunderbird.

Original advisory details:

Jueri Aedla discovered that libpng did not properly verify the size used
when allocating memory during chunk decompression. If a user or automated
system using libpng were tricked into opening a specially crafted image,
an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or execute
code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-3026)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
11.04 natty	thunderbird – 3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
10.10 maverick	thunderbird – 3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 lucid	thunderbird – 3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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