1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-503-1

USN-503-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 August 2007

Overview

Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

Various flaws were discovered in the layout and JavaScript engines. By
tricking a user into opening a malicious email, an attacker could execute
arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. Please note that JavaScript
is disabled by default for emails, and it is not recommended to enable it.
(CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3844)

Jesper Johansson discovered that spaces and double-quotes were
not correctly handled when launching external programs. In rare
configurations, after tricking a user into opening a malicious email,
an attacker could execute helpers with arbitrary arguments with the
user’s privileges. (CVE-2007-3670, CVE-2007-3845)

Various flaws were discovered in the layout and JavaScript engines. By
tricking a user into opening a malicious email, an attacker could execute
arbitrary code with the user’s privileges. Please note that JavaScript
is disabled by default for emails, and it is not recommended to enable it.
(CVE-2007-3734, CVE-2007-3735, CVE-2007-3844)

Jesper Johansson discovered that spaces and double-quotes were
not correctly handled when launching external programs. In rare
configurations, after tricking a user into opening a malicious email,
an attacker could execute helpers with arbitrary arguments with the
user’s privileges. (CVE-2007-3670, CVE-2007-3845)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Thunderbird to effect 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
7.04 feisty mozilla-thunderbird –  1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.7.04
6.10 edgy mozilla-thunderbird –  1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.10
6.06 dapper mozilla-thunderbird –  1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.06

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