1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1011-2

USN-1011-2: Thunderbird vulnerability

Publication date

28 October 2010

Overview

Thunderbird could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted email message or news item.

Releases

Packages

  • thunderbird - mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support

Details

USN-1011-1 fixed a vulnerability in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding update for Thunderbird.

Original advisory details:

Morten Krakvik discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox. If a
user were tricked into navigating to a malicious site, an attacker could
cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user
invoking the program.

USN-1011-1 fixed a vulnerability in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding update for Thunderbird.

Original advisory details:

Morten Krakvik discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox. If a
user were tricked into navigating to a malicious site, an attacker could
cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user
invoking the program.

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
9.10 karmic thunderbird –  2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.3
8.04 hardy thunderbird –  2.0.0.24+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.2
10.10 maverick thunderbird –  3.1.6+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 lucid thunderbird –  3.0.10+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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