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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1611-1
October 12, 2012
thunderbird vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Software Description:
- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client
Details:
Henrik Skupin, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Soroush Dalili and other=
s
discovered several memory corruption flaws in Thunderbird. If a user were=
tricked into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, an
attacker could exploit these to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within
the context of another website or arbitrary code as the user invoking the=
program. (CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3989,
CVE-2012-4191)
David Bloom and Jordi Chancel discovered that Thunderbird did not always
properly handle the <select> element. If a user were tricked into opening=
a
malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, a remote attacker could
exploit this to conduct URL spoofing and clickjacking attacks.
(CVE-2012-3984)
Collin Jackson discovered that Thunderbird did not properly follow the
HTML5 specification for document.domain behavior. If a user were tricked
into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, a remote
attacker could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks=
via JavaScript execution. (CVE-2012-3985)
Johnny Stenback discovered that Thunderbird did not properly perform
security checks on test methods for DOMWindowUtils. (CVE-2012-3986)
Alice White discovered that the security checks for GetProperty could be
bypassed when using JSAPI. If a user were tricked into opening a speciall=
y
crafted web page and had JavaScript enabled, a remote attacker could
exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2012-3991)
Mariusz Mlynski discovered a history state error in Thunderbird. If a use=
r
were tricked into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript enabled,=
a
remote attacker could exploit this to spoof the location property to inje=
ct
script or intercept posted data. (CVE-2012-3992)
Mariusz Mlynski and others discovered several flaws in Thunderbird that
allowed a remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into
viewing a specially crafted page and had JavaScript enabled, a remote
attacker could exploit these to modify the contents, or steal confidentia=
l
data, within the same domain. (CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-3994, CVE-2012-418=
4)
Abhishek Arya, Atte Kettunen and others discovered several memory flaws i=
n
Thunderbird when using the Address Sanitizer tool. If a user were tricked=
into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript enabled, an attacker
could exploit these to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the conte=
xt
of another website or execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180,
CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186=
,
CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188)
It was discovered that Thunderbird allowed improper access to the Locatio=
n
object. An attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive information.
Under certain circumstances, a remote attacker could use this vulnerabili=
ty
to potentially execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2012-4192, CVE-2012-4193)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
thunderbird 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Ubuntu 11.10:
thunderbird 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
Ubuntu 11.04:
thunderbird 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
thunderbird 16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1611-1
CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3984, CVE-2012-3985,
CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3989, CVE-2012-3990,
CVE-2012-3991, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-3994,
CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181,
CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4184, CVE-2012-4185,
CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188, CVE-2012-4191,
CVE-2012-4192, CVE-2012-4193, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1062587, https=
://launchpad.net/bugs/1065292
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0=
=2E12.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0=
=2E11.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0=
=2E11.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/16.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0=
=2E10.04.1
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