USN-1197-2: Thunderbird vulnerability

Description

USN-1197-1 fixed a vulnerability in Firefox with regard to the DigiNotarcertificate authority. This update provides the corresponding updates forThunderbird. We are aware that the DigiNotar Root CA Certificate is still shown astrusted in the Thunderbird certificate manager. This is due to Thunderbirdusing the system version of the Network Security Service libraries (NSS).Thunderbird will actively distrust any certificate signed by this DigiNotarRoot CA certificate. This means that users will still get an untrustedcertificate warning when accessing a service through Thunderbird thatpresents a certificate signed by this DigiNotar Root CA certificate. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Dutch Certificate Authority DigiNotar had mis-issued multiple fraudulent certificates. These certificates could allow an attacker to perform a "man in the middle" (MITM) attack which would make the user believe their connection is secure, but is actually being monitored. For the protection of its users, Mozilla has removed the DigiNotar certificate. Sites using certificates issued by DigiNotar will need to seek another certificate vendor. We are currently aware of a regression that blocks one of two Staat der Nederlanden root certificates which are believed to still be secure. This regression is being tracked at https://launchpad.net/bugs/838322. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to makeall the necessary changes. LP: 837557