N/A - USN-4064-1

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04 - Ubuntu 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Software Description: - thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details:

A sandbox escape was discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to installing a malicious language pack, an attacker could exploit this to gain additional privileges. (CVE-2019-9811)

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, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, spoof origin attributes, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11709, CVE-2019-11711, CVE-2019-11712, CVE-2019-11713, CVE-2019-11715, CVE-2019-11717)

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled importing certain curve25519 private keys. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause Thunderbird to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-11719)

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain p256-ECDH public keys. An attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause Thunderbird to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-11729)

It was discovered that Thunderbird treats all files in a directory as same origin. If a user were tricked in to downloading a specially crafted HTML file, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information from local files. (CVE-2019-11730)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:  thunderbird                    1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:  thunderbird                    1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:  thunderbird                    1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:  thunderbird                    1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make all the necessary changes.

References:  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4064-1  CVE-2019-11709, CVE-2019-11711, CVE-2019-11712, CVE-2019-11713,  CVE-2019-11715, CVE-2019-11717, CVE-2019-11719, CVE-2019-11729,  CVE-2019-11730, CVE-2019-9811

Package Information:  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:60.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2