1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5663-1

USN-5663-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

7 October 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Releases

Packages

  • thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
spoof the mouse pointer position, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
contents of the addressbar, bypass security restrictions, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2505, CVE-2022-36318, CVE-2022-36319,
CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38476 CVE-2022-38477,
CVE-2022-38478)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. An attacker could
potentially exploit these in order to determine when a user...

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
spoof the mouse pointer position, obtain sensitive information, spoof the
contents of the addressbar, bypass security restrictions, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2505, CVE-2022-36318, CVE-2022-36319,
CVE-2022-38472, CVE-2022-38473, CVE-2022-38476 CVE-2022-38477,
CVE-2022-38478)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. An attacker could
potentially exploit these in order to determine when a user opens a
specially crafted message. (CVE-2022-3032, CVE-2022-3034)

It was discovered that Thunderbird did not correctly handle HTML messages
that contain a meta tag in some circumstances. If a user were tricked into
replying to a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially
exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2022-3033)

A security issue was discovered with the Matrix SDK in Thunderbird. An
attacker sharing a room with a user could potentially exploit this to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-36059)

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
22.04 jammy thunderbird –  1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal thunderbird –  1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic thunderbird –  1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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