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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842931
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3112-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3112-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3112-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Catalin Dumitru discovered that URLs of resources loaded after a
navigation start could be leaked to the following page via the Resource
Timing API. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this
to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5250)

Christoph Diehl, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard,
Steve Fink, Tyson Smith, and Carsten Book discovered multiple memory
safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to
cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2016-5257)

Atte Kettunen discovered a heap buffer overflow during text conversion
with some unicode characters. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2016-5270)

Abhishek Arya discovered a bad cast when processing layout with input
elements in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5272)

A use-after-free was discovered in web animations during restyling. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing
context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5274)

A use-after-free was discovered in accessibility. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5276)

A use-after-free was discovered in web animations when destroying a
timeline. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this
to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2016-5277)

A buffer overflow was discovered when encoding image frames to images in
some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially
crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-5278)

Mei Wang discovered a use-after-free when changing text direction. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing
context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5280)

Brian Carpenter discovered a use-after-free when manipulating SVG content
in some circumstances. If a user ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities]

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5250
BugTraq ID: 92260
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
Debian Security Information: DSA-3674 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3674
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1912
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1912.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1964 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:2026 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5257
BugTraq ID: 93049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93049
Debian Security Information: DSA-3690 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3690
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1985
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1985.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5270
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5272
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5274
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5276
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5277
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5278
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5280
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5281
http://www.geeknik.net/7gr1u98b9
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5284
https://hackernoon.com/tor-browser-exposed-anti-privacy-implantation-at-mass-scale-bd68e9eb1e95
http://seclists.org/dailydave/2016/q3/51
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