SB2024052220 - Ubuntu update for thunderbird
Published: May 22, 2024 Updated: December 13, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4767)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to browser does not delete IndexedDB files after browser window is closed if the `browser.privatebrowsing.autostart` preference is enabled. A local user can view the file and gain access to data browsed in private browsing mode.
2) Insufficient UI warning of dangerous operations (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4768)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform clickjacking attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the popup notifications' interaction with WebAuthn. A remote attacker can trick the victim into granting permissions to a malicious web application.
3) Information Exposure Through an Error Message (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4769)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to browser issues different error messages for application/javascript responses and non-script responses when importing resources using Web Workers. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website and learn information cross-origin
4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4777)
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 webpage, 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.
5) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4367)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error when handling fonts in PDF.js. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, 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.
6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4770)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the browser.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when saving a page to PDF. A remote attacker can trick the victim to save a specially crafted web page to PDF and crash the browser.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.