1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5972-1

USN-5972-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 March 2023

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,
obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site
tracing, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-25152, CVE-2023-28162,
CVE-2023-28176)

Lukas Bernhard discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory
when invalidating JIT code while following an iterator. An attacker could
potentially exploits this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-25751)

Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage
cross-origin iframe when dragging a URL. An attacker could potentially
exploit this issue to perform spoofing...

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, bypass security restrictions, cross-site
tracing, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-25152, CVE-2023-28162,
CVE-2023-28176)

Lukas Bernhard discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory
when invalidating JIT code while following an iterator. An attacker could
potentially exploits this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-25751)

Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage
cross-origin iframe when dragging a URL. An attacker could potentially
exploit this issue to perform spoofing attacks. (CVE-2023-28164)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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 –  1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 jammy thunderbird –  1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal thunderbird –  1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic thunderbird –  1:102.9.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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