1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1758-2

USN-1758-2: Thunderbird vulnerability

Publication date

13 March 2013

Overview

Thunderbird could be made to crash or run programs as your login.

Releases

Packages

  • thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details

USN-1758-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding update for Thunderbird.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Firefox contained a memory safety issue. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted page with the HTML editor, a
remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

USN-1758-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding update for Thunderbird.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Firefox contained a memory safety issue. If a user
were tricked into opening a specially crafted page with the HTML editor, a
remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program.

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
12.10 quantal thunderbird –  17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 precise thunderbird –  17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric thunderbird –  17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 lucid thunderbird –  17.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

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