1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3927-1

USN-3927-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

28 March 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Releases

Packages

  • thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details

It was discovered that Thunderbird allowed PAC files to specify that
requests to localhost are sent through the proxy to another server. If
proxy auto-detection is enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit
this to conduct attacks on local services and tools. (CVE-2018-18506)

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,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9788, CVE-2019-9790, CVE-2019-9791,
CVE-2019-9792, CVE-2019-9795, CVE-2019-9796, CVE-2019-9810,

It was discovered that Thunderbird allowed PAC files to specify that
requests to localhost are sent through the proxy to another server. If
proxy auto-detection is enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit
this to conduct attacks on local services and tools. (CVE-2018-18506)

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,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9788, CVE-2019-9790, CVE-2019-9791,
CVE-2019-9792, CVE-2019-9795, CVE-2019-9796, CVE-2019-9810, CVE-2019-9813)

A mechanism was discovered that removes some bounds checking for string,
array, or typed array accesses if Spectre mitigations have been disabled.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a
browsing context with Spectre mitigations disabled, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9793)

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.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic thunderbird –  1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 bionic thunderbird –  1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 xenial thunderbird –  1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty thunderbird –  1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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