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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.2559 Thunderbird vulnerabilities 12 October 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: thunderbird Publisher: Ubuntu Operating System: Ubuntu Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction Provide Misleading Information -- Remote with User Interaction Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction Reduced Security -- Remote with User Interaction Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2017-7824 CVE-2017-7823 CVE-2017-7819 CVE-2017-7818 CVE-2017-7814 CVE-2017-7810 CVE-2017-7805 CVE-2017-7793 Reference: ASB-2017.0155 ESB-2017.2551 ESB-2017.2484.2 ESB-2017.2481 ESB-2017.2466 Original Bulletin: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3436-1 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3436-1 October 11, 2017 thunderbird vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - - Ubuntu 17.04 - - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird. Software Description: - - thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client Details: Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing-like context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, bypass phishing and malware protection, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7793, CVE-2017-7810, CVE-2017-7814, CVE-2017-7818, CVE-2017-7819, CVE-2017-7823, CVE-2017-7824) Martin Thomson discovered that NSS incorrectly generated handshake hashes. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7805) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: thunderbird 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: thunderbird 1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes. References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3436-1 CVE-2017-7793, CVE-2017-7805, CVE-2017-7810, CVE-2017-7814, CVE-2017-7818, CVE-2017-7819, CVE-2017-7823, CVE-2017-7824 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. 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