1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5058-1

USN-5058-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

31 August 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Releases

Packages

  • thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details

It was discovered that Thunderbird didn’t ignore IMAP server responses
prior to completion of the STARTTLS handshake. A person-in-the-middle
could potentially exploit this to trick Thunderbird into showing incorrect
information. (CVE-2021-29969)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-29970, CVE-2021-29976, CVE-2021-29980,
CVE-2021-29984, CVE-2021-29985, CVE-2021-29986, CVE-2021-29988,

It was discovered that Thunderbird didn’t ignore IMAP server responses
prior to completion of the STARTTLS handshake. A person-in-the-middle
could potentially exploit this to trick Thunderbird into showing incorrect
information. (CVE-2021-29969)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-29970, CVE-2021-29976, CVE-2021-29980,
CVE-2021-29984, CVE-2021-29985, CVE-2021-29986, CVE-2021-29988,
CVE-2021-29989, CVE-2021-30547)

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
21.04 hirsute thunderbird –  1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.04.2
20.04 focal thunderbird –  1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
18.04 bionic thunderbird –  1:78.13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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