USN-4936-1

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, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23968, CVE-2021-23969, CVE-2021-23973, CVE-2021-23978)

It was discovered that Thunderbird may keep key material in memory in some circumstances. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain private keys. (CVE-2021-29950)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / thunderbird

Package

Name: thunderbird
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Affected versions

1:68.*

1:68.1.2+build1-0ubuntu1

1:68.1.2+build1-0ubuntu2

1:68.2.1+build1-0ubuntu1

1:68.2.2+build1-0ubuntu1

1:68.3.0+build2-0ubuntu1

1:68.3.1+build1-0ubuntu2

1:68.4.1+build1-0ubuntu1

1:68.4.2+build2-0ubuntu1

1:68.5.0+build1-0ubuntu1

1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1

1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1

1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu2

1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

1:78.*

1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "thunderbird"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-gnome-support"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "thunderbird-mozsymbols"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-calendar-timezones"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-gdata-provider"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1",
            "binary_name": "xul-ext-lightning"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-23968",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-23969",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-23973",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-23978",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2021-29950",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}