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The following security updates have been released for Ubuntu Linux:

[USN-6903-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
[USN-6905-1] Rack vulnerabilities
[USN-6904-1] PyMongo vulnerability




[USN-6903-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6903-1
July 22, 2024

thunderbird vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Software Description:
- thunderbird: Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details:

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,
obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, cross-site
tracing, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601,
CVE-2024-6604)

Ronald Crane discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage certain
memory operations in the NSS. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6602)

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that Thunderbird did not properly manage memory
during thread creation. An attacker could potentially exploit this
issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2024-6603)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
thunderbird 1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
thunderbird 1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6903-1
CVE-2024-6600, CVE-2024-6601, CVE-2024-6602, CVE-2024-6603,
CVE-2024-6604

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/1:115.13.0+build5-0ubuntu0.20.04.1



[USN-6905-1] Rack vulnerabilities


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6905-1
July 23, 2024

ruby-rack vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Rack could be made to consume resources and cause long delays if it
processed certain input.

Software Description:
- ruby-rack: modular Ruby webserver interface

Details:

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Rack to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-27539)

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled Multipart MIME parsing.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Rack to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-27530)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
ruby-rack 2.1.4-5ubuntu1+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
ruby-rack 2.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
ruby-rack 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ruby-rack 1.6.4-3ubuntu0.2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
ruby-rack 1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using
Rack to make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6905-1
CVE-2023-27530, CVE-2023-27539



[USN-6904-1] PyMongo vulnerability


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6904-1
July 22, 2024

pymongo vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

PyMongo could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it
received a crafted BSON.

Software Description:
- pymongo: Python interface to the MongoDB document-oriented database

Details:

It was discovered that PyMongo incorrectly handled certain BSON.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information
or cause a crash.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
python3-bson 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
python3-bson-ext 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
python3-bson 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
python3-bson-ext 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
python3-bson 3.10.1-0ubuntu2.1
python3-bson-ext 3.10.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-bson 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python-bson-ext 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-bson 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-bson-ext 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
python-bson 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python-bson-ext 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-bson 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-bson-ext 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6904-1
CVE-2024-5629

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/3.11.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/3.11.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/3.10.1-0ubuntu2.1