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Ubuntu: USN-3529-1 (CVE-2017-7846): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3529-1 (CVE-2017-7846): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/22/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/30/2018
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

It is possible to execute JavaScript in the parsed RSS feed when RSS feed is viewed as a website, e.g. via "View -> Feed article -> Website" or in the standard format of "View -> Feed article -> default format". This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

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