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Red Hat: 2015:1682-01 Important: Thunderbird Multiple Security Flaws

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Vital notice concerning Thunderbird tackles several vulnerabilities found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
An updated thunderbird package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4491, CVE-2015-4487, CVE-2015-4488, CVE-2015-4489)
Note: All of the above issues cannot be exploited by a specially crafted HTML mail message because JavaScript is disabled by default for mail messages. However, they could be exploited in other ways in Thunderbird (for example, by viewing the full remote content of an RSS feed).
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Gustavo Grieco, and Ronald Crane as the original reporters of these issues.
For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Thunderbird 38.2. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains Thunderbird version 38.2, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Thunderbird must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4473 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4487 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4488 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4489 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4491 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird38.2

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el5_11.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el5_11.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server):
Source: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el5_11.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el5_11.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.src.rpm
i386: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el6_7.i686.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.src.rpm
i386: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.i686.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el6_7.i686.rpm
ppc64: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.ppc64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el6_7.ppc64.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el6_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-38.2.0-4.el6_7.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-38.2.0-4.el6_7.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1682-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1682.html
Issue date: 2015-08-25

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes multiple security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - 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 Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1252271 - CVE-2015-4473 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.2) (MFSA 2015-79)

1252290 - CVE-2015-4491 Mozilla: Heap overflow in gdk-pixbuf when scaling bitmap images (MFSA 2015-88)

1252293 - CVE-2015-4487 CVE-2015-4488 CVE-2015-4489 Mozilla: Vulnerabilities found through code inspection (MFSA 2015-90)

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