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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:0209-01 Moderate: Thunderbird HTML Parsing Issues

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New Thunderbird updates address vulnerabilities to safeguard user information on Red Hat platforms. Take immediate action for your security.
Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.Several flaws were found in the processing of some malformed H...

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 some malformed HTML mail content. An HTML mail message containing such malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237)
Several flaws were found in the display of malformed web content. An HTML mail message containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1241)
Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Red Hat Enterprise Linux malicious content thunderbird HTML processing

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1233 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1234 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1235 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1236 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1237 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1238 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1241 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-10.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0209-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0209.html
Issue date: 2008-04-03

Topic

Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are 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 moderate update Red Hat Enterprise Linux malicious content thunderbird HTML processing

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

438713 - CVE-2008-1233 Mozilla products XPCNativeWrapper pollution

438715 - CVE-2008-1234 universal XSS using event handlers

438717 - CVE-2008-1235 chrome privilege via wrong principal

438718 - CVE-2008-1236 browser engine crashes

438721 - CVE-2008-1237 javascript crashes

438724 - CVE-2008-1238 Referrer spoofing bug

438730 - CVE-2008-1241 XUL popup spoofing

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