1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5724-1

USN-5724-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 November 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,
bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) or other security restrictions, or
execute arbitrary code. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3266, CVE-2022-40956,
CVE-2022-40957, CVE-2022-40958, CVE-2022-40959, CVE-2022-40960,
CVE-2022-40962)

Multiple security issues were discovered in the Matrix SDK bundled with
Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit these in order to
impersonate another 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,
bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) or other security restrictions, or
execute arbitrary code. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3266, CVE-2022-40956,
CVE-2022-40957, CVE-2022-40958, CVE-2022-40959, CVE-2022-40960,
CVE-2022-40962)

Multiple security issues were discovered in the Matrix SDK bundled with
Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially exploit these in order to
impersonate another user. These issues only affect Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39236, CVE-2022-39249,
CVE-2022-39250, CVE-2022-39251)

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,
obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42927,
CVE-2022-42928, CVE-2022-42929, CVE-2022-42932)

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
22.10 kinetic thunderbird –  1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 jammy thunderbird –  1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal thunderbird –  1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic thunderbird –  1:102.4.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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