USN-605-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• mozilla-thunderbird -
• thunderbird -

Details

Various flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user had
JavaScript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious email,
an attacker could escalate privileges within Thunderbird, perform
cross-site scripting attacks and/or execute arbitrary code with the
user's privileges. (CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1235)

Several problems were discovered in Thunderbird which could lead to
crashes and memory corruption. If a user had JavaScript enabled and
were tricked into opening a malicious email, an attacker may be able
to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2008-1236,
CVE-2008-1237)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.04

• thunderbird - 2.0.0.14+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1

Ubuntu 7.10

• thunderbird - 2.0.0.14+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.0

Ubuntu 7.04

• mozilla-thunderbird - 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080417a-0ubuntu0.7.04.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• mozilla-thunderbird - 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080417a-0ubuntu0.6.06.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Thunderbird to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-1234
• CVE-2008-1236
• CVE-2008-1233
• CVE-2008-1237
• CVE-2008-1235

Related notices

• USN-592-1: firefox