1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6903-1

USN-6903-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 July 2024

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-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601,
CVE-2024-6604)

Ronald Crane discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain
memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6602)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory
during thread creation. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
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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-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601,
CVE-2024-6604)

Ronald Crane discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain
memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6602)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory
during thread creation. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-6603)

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
22.04 jammy thunderbird –  1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal thunderbird –  1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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