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Red Hat: RHSA-2010:0025-01 Moderate: Thunderbird HTML Threat

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Revised Thunderbird releases for Red Hat addressing several security vulnerabilities of moderate impact. Update advised.
Updated thunderbird packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5

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-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502, CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512, CVE-2008-5513)
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-2008-5503, CVE-2008-5506, CVE-2008-5507)
Note: JavaScript support is disabled by default in Thunderbird; the above issues are not exploitable unless JavaScript is enabled.
A flaw was found in the way malformed URLs were processed by Thunderbird. This flaw could prevent various URL sanitization mechanisms from properly parsing a malicious URL. (CVE-2008-5508)
All Thunderbird users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues. All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat malicious content thunderbird HTML threat

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5500 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5501 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5502 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5503 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5506 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5507 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5508 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5511 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5512 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5513 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ppc.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ppc.rpm
s390: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390.rpm
s390x: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390x.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.i386.rpm
ia64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64: thunderbird-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm thunderbird-debuginfo-1.5.0.12-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0002-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0002.html
Issue date: 2009-01-07

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 Red Hat malicious content thunderbird HTML threat

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

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