SB2020042325 - Ubuntu update for Thunderbird
Published: April 23, 2020 Updated: January 17, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 39 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11757)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when storing a value in IndexedDB. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11745)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the NSC_EncryptUpdate() function in /lib/softoken/pkcs11c.c, when performing padding operations in Mozilla NSS. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6807)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in cubeb during stream destruction. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
4) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6812)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The first time AirPods are connected to an iPhone, they become named after the user's name by default (e.g. Jane Doe's AirPods.) Websites with camera or microphone permission are able to enumerate device names, disclosing the user's name.
5) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6814)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6819)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error caused by a race condition running the nsDocShell destructor. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Note, this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild in targeted attacks.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6820)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error caused by a race condition handling ReadableStream. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Note, this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild in targeted attacks.
8) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6821)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when using WebGL copyTexSubImage method. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of uninitialized memory on the system.
9) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6825)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
10) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11755)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of S/MIME messages, consisting of an inner encryption layer and an outer SignedData layeruser-supplied data. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted message and make it look as it was signed with a valid signature. Although the signer might have had no access to the contents of the encrypted message, and might have stripped a different signature from the encrypted message.
11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6805)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when removing data about origins in Quota manager in Mozilla Firefox. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
12) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15903)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing XML documents within the expat library. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted XML file, pass it to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the affected application.
13) Use of insufficiently random values (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6792)
The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the message ID calculation processes that used uninitialized data in addition to the message contents.
14) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6793)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing email messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message to the victim, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.
15) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6795)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing messages with multiple S/MIME signatures. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message tho the victim and crash the application.16) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6822)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in GMPDecodeData when processing images larger than 4Gb on 32-bit builds. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
17) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6794)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error password management functionality when working with master password that was updated after Thunderbird 60 release. The old password is still available unencrypted on the system, as Thunderbird did not delete the old password file after update.
18) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6811)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input copied into buffer via the 'Copy as cURL' feature of Devtools' network tab. A remote attacker can trick the victim into using the 'Copy as cURL' feature to copy malicious data into buffer and later insert them into a terminal window.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in OS command execution.
19) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6806)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error due to BodyStream::OnInputStreamReady was missing protections against state confusion. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
20) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6800)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
21) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11758)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content with installed 360 Total Security. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
22) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17008)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error during worker destruction. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a use-after-free error and crash the application or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
23) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11759)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HMAC data. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page that causes 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end of a buffer stored on the stack, trick the victim into visiting it and crash the application.
24) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11760)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in nrappkit when doing WebRTC signaling. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
25) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11761)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the application allows access to a privileged JSONView object that had been cloned into content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
26) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11762)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Firefox processes two same-origin documents that set document.domain differently to become cross-origin. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and gain access to potentially sensitive information, as it is possible to call arbitrary DOM methods/getters/setters on the now-cross-origin window.
27) Protection mechanism failure (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11763)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Firefox processes HTML entities. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page and make the browser treat HTML comment text as HTML, which could have led to XSS in a web application.
28) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11764)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
29) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17005)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory corruption in plain text serializer. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
30) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17010)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when checking the Resist Fingerprinting preference during device orientation checks. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a race condition that will results in a use-after-free error.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
31) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6798)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when parsing template tag. A remote attacker can confuse the JavaScript parser into executing an arbitrary JavaScript send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
32) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17011)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when retrieving a document from a DocShell in the antitracking code. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a race condition that will results in a use-after-free error.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
33) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17012)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a memory corruption when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
34) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17016)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when pasting a tag from the clipboard into a rich text editor, the CSS sanitizer incorrectly rewrites a @namespace rule. This could allow for injection into certain types of websites resulting in data exfiltration.
35) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17017)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when processing HTML content in XPCVariant.cpp. A remote attacker can create a specially crated web page, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
36) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17022)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the CSS sanitizer. When pasting a tag from the clipboard into a rich text editor, the CSS sanitizer does not escape < and > characters. If a webpage subsequently copies the node's innerHTML, assigning it to another innerHTML, this would result in an XSS vulnerability.
37) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17024)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
38) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17026)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error with StoreElementHole and FallibleStoreElement when processing HTML content in IonMonkey JIT compiler. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted webpage, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
39) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20503)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in sctp_load_addresses_from_init in usrsctp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.