[Cucumber-linux-security] thunderbird (security update is available)
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From: Scott C. <sc...@cu...> - 2018-05-21 03:25:32
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Update Information A security update is available for thunderbird for the following versions of Cucumber Linux: * 1.0 * 1.1 Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog: +----------------+ Sun May 20 22:48:05 EDT 2018 xapps-general/thunderbird upgraded from 52.7.0 to 52.8.0 to fix several security vulnerabilities, including the Efail vulnerability (which allowed a remote attacker to decrypt encrypted emails using using a user's private key). The following CVEs have been patched: CVE-2018-5183: Backport critical security fixes in Skia CVE-2018-5184: Full plaintext recovery in S/MIME via chosen-ciphertext attack CVE-2018-5154: Use-after-free with SVG animations and clip paths CVE-2018-5155: Use-after-free with SVG animations and text paths CVE-2018-5159: Integer overflow and out-of-bounds write in Skia CVE-2018-5161: Hang via malformed headers CVE-2018-5162: Encrypted mail leaks plaintext through src attribute CVE-2018-5170: Filename spoofing for external attachments CVE-2018-5168: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction CVE-2018-5174: Windows Defender SmartScreen UI runs with less secure behavior for downloaded files in Windows 10 April 2018 Update CVE-2018-5178: Buffer overflow during UTF-8 to Unicode string conversion through legacy extensionCVE-2018-5185: Leaking plaintext through HTML forms CVE-2018-5150: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 52.8, and Thunderbird 52.8 For more information see: https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=408 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ https://efail.de/ * SECURITY FIX * +----------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLD and CVE Information This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency (CLD) and CVE numbers: * CLD-408 [Several CVEs] (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=408) More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in parenthesis above). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Installing the Update The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following commands (as root): # pickle --update # pickle Make sure thunderbird is selected on the update list, and then select Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package. If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cucumber Linux Security Team cuc...@li... <mailto:cuc...@li...> https://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php |