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Ubuntu: USN-5943-1 (CVE-2023-0616): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 13, 2023
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

If a MIME email combines OpenPGP and OpenPGP MIME data in a certain way Thunderbird repeatedly attempts to process and display the message, which could cause Thunderbird's user interface to lock up and no longer respond to the user's actions. An attacker could send a crafted message with this structure to attempt a DoS attack. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.8.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird
Title
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