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Ubuntu: USN-3660-1 (CVE-2018-5161): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3660-1 (CVE-2018-5161): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/21/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/05/2018
Modified
01/20/2021

Description

Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

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