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Moderate Thunderbird Update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions 4 and 5

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Moderate security update available for Thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 addressing multiple issues.
Updated thunderbird packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moder...

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.
Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed JavaScript content. An HTML mail containing such malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-2801, CVE-2008-2802, CVE-2008-2803)
Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed HTML content. An HTML mail containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-2785, CVE-2008-2798, CVE-2008-2799, CVE-2008-2811)
Several flaws were found in the way malformed HTML content was displayed. An HTML mail containing specially-crafted content could, potentially, trick a Thunderbird user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2008-2800)
Two local file disclosure flaws were found in Thunderbird. An HTML mail containing malicious content could cause Thunderbird to reveal the contents of a local file to a remote attacker. (CVE-2008-2805, CVE-2008-2810)
A flaw was found in the way a malformed .properties file was processed by Thunderbird. A malicious extension could read uninitialized memory, possibly leaking sensitive data to the extension. (CVE-2008-2807)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird escaped a listing of local file names. If a user could be tricked into listing a local directory containing malicious file names, arbitrary JavaScript could be run with the permissions of the user running Thunderbird. (CVE-2008-2808)
A flaw was found in the way Thunderbird displayed information about self-signed certificates. It was possible for a self-signed certificate to contain multiple alternate name entries, which were not all displayed to the user, allowing them to mistakenly extend trust to an unknown site. (CVE-2008-2809)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat moderate severity multiple issues mail client Thunderbird

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2785 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2798 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2799 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2800 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2801 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2803 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2805 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2807 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2808 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2809 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2810 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2811 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-14.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-14.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0616-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0616.html
Issue date: 2008-07-23

Topic

Updated thunderbird packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat moderate severity multiple issues mail client Thunderbird

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

452204 - CVE-2008-2785 mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)

452597 - CVE-2008-2798 Firefox malformed web content flaws

452598 - CVE-2008-2799 Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution

452599 - CVE-2008-2800 Firefox XSS attacks

452600 - CVE-2008-2802 Firefox arbitrary JavaScript code execution

452602 - CVE-2008-2803 Firefox javascript arbitrary code execution

452604 - CVE-2008-2805 Firefox arbitrary file disclosure

452605 - CVE-2008-2801 Firefox arbitrary signed JAR code execution

452709 - CVE-2008-2807 Firefox .properties memory leak

452710 - CVE-2008-2808 Firefox file location escaping flaw

452711 - CVE-2008-2809 Firefox self signed certificate flaw

452712 - CVE-2008-2810 Firefox arbitrary file disclosure

453007 - CVE-2008-2811 Firefox block reflow flaw

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