| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3897-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
A use-after-free was discovered in libical. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted ICS calendar file, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5824)
Multiple security issues were discovered 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, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18356, CVE-2018-18500, CVE-2019-5785)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
gain additional privileges by escaping the sandbox, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2018-18501, CVE-2018-18505)
An issue was discovered with S/MIME signature verification in some
circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this by spoofing
signatures for arbitrary content. (CVE-2018-18509)
Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10.
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
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