USN-3278-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
First published: Tue May 16 2017(Updated: )
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5429, CVE-2017-5430, CVE-2017-5436, CVE-2017-5443, CVE-2017-5444, CVE-2017-5445, CVE-2017-5446, CVE-2017-5447, CVE-2017-5461, CVE-2017-5467) 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 spoof the addressbar contents, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5432, CVE-2017-5433, CVE-2017-5434, CVE-2017-5435, CVE-2017-5437, CVE-2017-5438, CVE-2017-5439, CVE-2017-5440, CVE-2017-5441, CVE-2017-5442, CVE-2017-5449, CVE-2017-5451, CVE-2017-5454, CVE-2017-5459, CVE-2017-5460, CVE-2017-5464, CVE-2017-5465, CVE-2017-5466, CVE-2017-5469, CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, CVE-2016-10197) A flaw was discovered in the DRBG number generation in NSS. If an attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could potentially be exploited to view sensitive information. (CVE-2017-5462)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/thunderbird | <1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 |
| =17.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/thunderbird | <1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
| =16.10 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/thunderbird | <1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| =16.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/thunderbird | <1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| =14.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5429
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5430
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5432
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5433
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5434
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5435
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5436
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5437
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5438
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5439
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5440
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5441
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5442
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5443
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5444
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5445
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5446
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5447
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5449
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5451
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5454
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5459
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5460
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5461
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5462
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5464
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5465
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5466
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5467
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5469
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10195
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10196
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10197
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3372-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3270-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3228-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- CVE-2017-5429
- CVE-2017-5430
- CVE-2017-5432
- CVE-2017-5433
- CVE-2017-5434
- CVE-2017-5435
- CVE-2017-5436
- CVE-2017-5437
- CVE-2017-5438
- CVE-2017-5439
- CVE-2017-5440
- CVE-2017-5441
- CVE-2017-5442
- CVE-2017-5443
- CVE-2017-5444
- CVE-2017-5445
- CVE-2017-5446
- CVE-2017-5447
- CVE-2017-5449
- CVE-2017-5451
- CVE-2017-5454
- CVE-2017-5459
- CVE-2017-5460
- CVE-2017-5461
- CVE-2017-5462
- CVE-2017-5464
- CVE-2017-5465
- CVE-2017-5466
- CVE-2017-5467
- CVE-2017-5469
- CVE-2016-10195
- CVE-2016-10196
- CVE-2016-10197
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