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Red Hat: RHSA-2009:0258-01 Moderate: Thunderbird Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu recommends a critical Firefox upgrade addressing numerous vulnerabilities for users of versions 20.04 and 22.04. Immediate installation advised.
An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security im...

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could potentially trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0776)
Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. None of the above issues are exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat security fix moderate impact thunderbird mail client RHEL

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0352 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0353 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0355 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0772 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0774 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0775 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0776 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-19.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-19.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0258-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0258.html
Issue date: 2009-03-24

Topic

An updated thunderbird package that fixes several security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat security fix moderate impact thunderbird mail client RHEL

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

483139 - CVE-2009-0352 Firefox layout crashes with evidence of memory corruption

483141 - CVE-2009-0353 Firefox javascript crashes with evidence of memory corruption

483143 - CVE-2009-0355 Firefox local file stealing with SessionStore

488273 - CVE-2009-0772 Firefox 2 and 3 - Layout engine crashes

488283 - CVE-2009-0774 Firefox 2 and 3 crashes in the JavaScript engine

488287 - CVE-2009-0775 Firefox XUL Linked Clones Double Free Vulnerability

488290 - CVE-2009-0776 Firefox XML data theft via RDFXMLDataSource and cross-domain redirect

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