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Red Hat: RHSA-2012:0388-01 Critical: Thunderbird Security Issues

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2012
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Vulnerabilities affecting Thunderbird have been addressed with a recent Red Hat patch for Enterprise Linux versions 5 and 6.
An updated thunderbird package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed content. Malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0461, CVE-2012-0462, CVE-2012-0464)
Two flaws were found in the way Thunderbird parsed certain Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) image files. An HTML mail message containing a malicious SVG image file could cause an information leak, or cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0456, CVE-2012-0457)
A flaw could allow malicious content to bypass intended restrictions, possibly leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack if a user were tricked into dropping a "javascript:" link onto a frame. (CVE-2012-0455)
It was found that the home page could be set to a "javascript:" link. If a user were tricked into setting such a home page by dragging a link to the home button, it could cause Firefox to repeatedly crash, eventually leading to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Firefox. A similar flaw was found and fixed in Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0458)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird parsed certain, remote content containing "cssText". Malicious, remote content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2012-0459)
It was found that by using the DOM fullscreen API, untrusted content could bypass the mozRequestFullscreen security protections. Malicious content could exploit this API flaw to cause user interface spoofing. (CVE-2012-0460)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird handled content with multiple Content Security Policy (CSP) headers. This could lead to a cross-site scripting attack if used in conjunction with a website that has a header injection flaw. (CVE-2012-0451)
Note: All issues except CVE-2012-0456 and CVE-2012-0457 cannot be exploited by a specially-crafted HTML mail message as JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages. It could be exploited another way in Thunderbird, for example, when viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Thunderbird version 10.0.3 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0451 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0455 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0456 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0457 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0458 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0459 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0460 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0461 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0462 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0464 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el5_8.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el5_8.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el5_8.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el6_2.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el6_2.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
ppc64: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el6_2.ppc64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el6_2.ppc64.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el6_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el6_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
i386: thunderbird-10.0.3-1.el6_2.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-10.0.3-1.el6_2.i686.rpm
x86_64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0388-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2012-03-14

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes multiple security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.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 Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

803109 - CVE-2012-0461 CVE-2012-0462 CVE-2012-0464 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:11.0/ rv:10.0.3 / rv:1.9.2.28) (MFSA 2012-19)

803111 - CVE-2012-0460 Mozilla: window.fullScreen writeable by untrusted content (MFSA 2012-18)

803112 - CVE-2012-0459 Mozilla: Crash when accessing keyframe cssText after dynamic modification (MFSA 2012-17)

803113 - CVE-2012-0458 Mozilla: Escalation of privilege with Javascript: URL as home page (MFSA 2012-16)

803114 - CVE-2012-0451 Mozilla: XSS with multiple Content Security Policy headers (MFSA 2012-15)

803116 - CVE-2012-0456 CVE-2012-0457 Mozilla: SVG issues found with Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2012-14)

803119 - CVE-2012-0455 Mozilla: XSS with Drag and Drop and Javascript: URL (MFSA 2012-13)

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