1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6840-1

USN-6840-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 June 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Releases

Packages

  • thunderbird - Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details

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,
obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site
tracing, or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690,
CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702)

Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly validate the
X-Frame-Options header inside sandboxed iframe. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new
window. (CVE-2024-5691)

Kirtikumar Anandrao Ramchandani discovered that Thunderbird did not...

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,
obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site
tracing, or execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2024-5688, CVE-2024-5690,
CVE-2024-5696, CVE-2024-5700, CVE-2024-5702)

Luan Herrera discovered that Thunderbird did not properly validate the
X-Frame-Options header inside sandboxed iframe. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new
window. (CVE-2024-5691)

Kirtikumar Anandrao Ramchandani discovered that Thunderbird did not properly
track cross-origin tainting in Offscreen Canvas. An attacker could
potentially exploit this issue to access image data from another site in
violation of same-origin policy. (CVE-2024-5693)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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
23.10 mantic thunderbird –  1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
22.04 jammy thunderbird –  1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 focal thunderbird –  1:115.12.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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