Category Archives: Advisories

Advisories

USN-5435-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an
attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,
bypass permission prompts, obtain sensitive information, bypass security
restrictions, cause user confusion, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-29909, CVE-2022-29911, CVE-2022-29912, CVE-2022-29913,
CVE-2022-29914, CVE-2022-29916, CVE-2022-29917)

It was discovered that Thunderbird would show the wrong security status
after viewing an attached message that is signed or encrypted. An attacker
could potentially exploit this by tricking the user into trusting the
authenticity of a message. (CVE-2022-1520)

It was discovered that the methods of an Array object could be corrupted
as a result of prototype pollution by sending a message to the parent
process. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website
in a browsing context, an attacker could exploit this to execute
JavaScript in a privileged context. (CVE-2022-1529, CVE-2022-1802)

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USN-5434-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that the methods of an Array object could be corrupted
as a result of prototype pollution by sending a message to the parent
process. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could exploit this to execute JavaScript in a privileged
context.

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USN-5433-1: Vim vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its
search functionality. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2021-3973)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and
searching the contents of certain files. If a user were tricked into opening
a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to
a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.
(CVE-2021-3974)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and editing
certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file,
an attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or
possibly achieve code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3984,
CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4069)

It was discovered that Vim was using freed memory when dealing with regular
expressions inside a visual selection. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a
denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.
(CVE-2021-4192)

It was discovered that Vim was incorrectly performing read and write
operations when in visual block mode, going beyond the end of a line and
causing a heap buffer overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a
denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.
(CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318)

It was discovered that Vim was using freed memory when dealing with regular
expressions through its old regular expression engine. If a user were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application,
leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user
privileges. (CVE-2022-1154)

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USN-5432-1: libpng vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when parsing
certain PNG files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening
a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause
libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possible execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12652)

Zhengxiong Luo discovered that libpng incorrectly handled memory when parsing
certain PNG files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening
a specially crafted PNG file, an attacker could use this issue to cause
libpng to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possible execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14048)

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