| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'thunderbird' package(s) announced via the USN-3714-1 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,
bypass CORS restrictions, obtain sensitive information, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360, CVE-2018-12362,
CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364, CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366)
It was discovered that S/MIME and PGP decryption oracles can be built with
HTML emails. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12372)
It was discovered that S/MIME plaintext can be leaked through HTML
reply/forward. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12373)
It was discovered that forms can be used to exfiltrate encrypted mail
parts by pressing enter in a form field. An attacker could potentially
exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12374)
Affected Software/OS:
'thunderbird' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04.
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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