Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4241-1 First vendor Publication 2020-01-16
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-01-16
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 8.8
Base Score 8.8 Environmental Score 8.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 8.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.8
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 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, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-17005, CVE-2019-17008, CVE-2019-17010, CVE-2019-17011, CVE-2019-17012, CVE-2019-17016, CVE-2019-17017, CVE-2019-17022, CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17026)

It was discovered that NSS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11745)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
thunderbird 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
thunderbird 1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4241-1
CVE-2019-11745, CVE-2019-17005, CVE-2019-17008, CVE-2019-17010,
CVE-2019-17011, CVE-2019-17012, CVE-2019-17016, CVE-2019-17017,
CVE-2019-17022, CVE-2019-17024, CVE-2019-17026

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4241-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
44 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)
22 % CWE-362 Race Condition
22 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)
11 % CWE-416 Use After Free

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 544
Application 133
Application 417
Os 5
Os 3
Os 1
Os 1
Os 2
Os 4
Os 2
Os 4
Os 3
Os 2

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2020-01-17 00:19:31
  • First insertion