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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2011:0887-01 Critical: Thunderbird Threat

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Calendar Grey June 21, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch released for Thunderbird tackling various vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. All users advised to update.
An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled malformed JPEG images. An HTML mail message containing a malicious JPEG image could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2377)
Multiple dangling pointer flaws were found in Thunderbird. Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-0083, CVE-2011-0085, CVE-2011-2363)
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content. Malicious HTML content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2364, CVE-2011-2365, CVE-2011-2374, CVE-2011-2375, CVE-2011-2376)
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled JavaScript Array objects. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to execute JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2371)
A use-after-free flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled malformed JavaScript. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to execute JavaScript with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2011-2373)
It was found that Thunderbird could treat two separate cookies (for web content) as interchangeable if both were for the same domain name but one of those domain names had a trailing "." character. This violates the same-origin policy and could possibly lead to data being leaked to the wrong domain. (CVE-2011-2362)
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0083 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0085 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2362 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2363 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2364 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2365 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2371 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2373 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2374 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2375 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2376 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2377 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-39.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-39.el4.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0887-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2011-06-21

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having criticalsecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

714576 - CVE-2011-2364, CVE-2011-2365, CVE-2011-2374, CVE-2011-2375, CVE-2011-2376 Mozilla Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (MFSA 2011-19)

714577 - CVE-2011-2373 Mozilla Use-after-free vulnerability when viewing XUL document with script disabled (MFSA 2011-20)

714580 - CVE-2011-2371 Mozilla Integer overflow and arbitrary code execution (MFSA 2011-22)

714581 - CVE-2011-0083 CVE-2011-0085 CVE-2011-2363 Mozilla Multiple dangling pointer vulnerabilities (MFSA 2011-23)

714583 - CVE-2011-2362 Mozilla Cookie isolation error (MFSA 2011-24)

714929 - CVE-2011-2377 Mozilla Crash caused by corrupted JPEG image (MFSA 2011-21)

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