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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3868-1
January 24, 2019
thunderbird vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.10
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– 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 context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
bypass same-origin restrictions, or execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10:
thunderbird 1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3868-1
CVE-2018-12389, CVE-2018-12390, CVE-2018-12392, CVE-2018-12393,
CVE-2018-12405, CVE-2018-17466, CVE-2018-18492, CVE-2018-18493,
CVE-2018-18494, CVE-2018-18498
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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