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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844796
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4701-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-4701-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-4701-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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,
obtain sensitive information, bypass the CSS sanitizer, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-16042, CVE-2020-16044, CVE-2020-26971,
CVE-2020-26973, CVE-2020-26974, CVE-2020-26978, CVE-2020-35113)

It was discovered that the proxy.onRequest API did not catch
view-source URLs. If a user were tricked in to installing an
extension with the proxy permission and opening View Source, an
attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2020-35111)

A stack overflow was discovered due to incorrect parsing of SMTP server
response codes. An attacker could potentially exploit this to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-26970)

Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16042
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1151890
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16044
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
https://crbug.com/1163228
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-26970
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-53/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1677338
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-26971
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1663466
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-56/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-26973
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1680084
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-26974
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1681022
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-26978
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1677047
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-35111
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1657916
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-35113
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1664831%2C1673589
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