1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2032-1

USN-2032-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

21 November 2013

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 connecting to a malicious server, an attacker could possibly
exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash,
potentially execute arbitrary code, or lead to information disclosure.
(CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5607)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into connecting to a malicious server, an attacker could possibly
exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash,
potentially execute arbitrary code, or lead to information disclosure.
(CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-2566, CVE-2013-5605, CVE-2013-5607)

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
13.10 saucy thunderbird –  1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
13.04 raring thunderbird –  1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
12.10 quantal thunderbird –  1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 precise thunderbird –  1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

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