Packages
- thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details
A type confusion bug was discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could exploit this by causing a denial of service, or
executing arbirary code. (CVE-2019-11707)
It was discovered that a sandboxed child process could open arbitrary web
content in the parent process via the Prompt:Open IPC message. When
combined with another vulnerability, an attacker could potentially exploit
this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11708)
A type confusion bug was discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could exploit this by causing a denial of service, or
executing arbirary code. (CVE-2019-11707)
It was discovered that a sandboxed child process could open arbitrary web
content in the parent process via the Prompt:Open IPC message. When
combined with another vulnerability, an attacker could potentially exploit
this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11708)
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.04 disco | thunderbird – 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 | ||
| 18.10 cosmic | thunderbird – 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 | ||
| 18.04 bionic | thunderbird – 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | ||
| 16.04 xenial | thunderbird – 1:60.7.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | ||
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